The Complete Jack Kirby #1 - 1917-1940
(1997)

Pure Imagination, 1997 Series
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Volume
1
Price
25.00 USD; 33.75 CAD
Pages
186
On-sale Date
1997-07-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Pure Imagination Publishing
Brand
PI
ISBN
1-56685-006-1 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Greg Theakston (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from the ComicList Database as compiled by Charles LePage with information from Sun Coast Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Red Raven / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Raven
Reprints

Foreword (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Determination on Suffolk Street: 1917 to 1935 (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby ?; typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Jack Kirby

Indexer Notes

Contains childhood artwork by Jack Kirby and early unsold strip samples.

Max Fleisher Studios: Spring 1935 to Late 1935 (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Popeye

Indexer Notes

Contains animation pencil test that was Jack's audition for Fleisher.

Lincoln Feature Syndicate January 1936 to late-1939 (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

contains examples of syndicated panels Jack did

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

Laughs from the Day's News / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lawrence)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yawning exercises the facial muscles...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Laughs from Today's News (Lincoln Features Syndicate) 1936

Indexer Notes

2 panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Our Puzzle Corner / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Brady)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

Reprints
  • from Our Puzzle Corner (Lincoln Features Syndicate) 1936

Indexer Notes

2 panels.

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

Your Health Comes First! / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack Curtiss)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sleeping in poorly ventilated rooms...
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
  • from Your Health Comes First! (Lincoln Features Syndicate) 1936

Indexer Notes

2 panels.

[Five Editorial Cartoons] (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack Curtiss)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from Lincoln Features Syndicate, 1936

Indexer Notes

5 panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Romance of Money / comic story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Horace Elmo
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That famous coin George Washington threw...
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

7 page story printed on two pages, savings bank premium

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Facts You Never Knew / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as H. T. Elmo)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The ancient Egyptians tied up the bride's hair...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

4 strips (no #,82,221,253) from 1936-39

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Socko the Seadog / comic story / 2.25 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Teddy)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I now go into ze trance, monsieur Socko.
Genre
humor
Characters
Socko the Seadog

Indexer Notes

4 strips; (218,220,232,236) 1937

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

Black Buccaneer / comic story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Jack Curtiss)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Davy Robbins, a serving boy, in an old English inn...
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Black Buccaneer
Keywords
pirate

Indexer Notes

7 strips interspersed with Socko and Cyclone (4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Cyclone Burke / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Bob Brown)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Cyclone Burke
Reprints

Indexer Notes

6 strips interspersed with the above 2 features (4/8-5/20/37)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Abdul Jones / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Ted Grey)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Friends of Radioland -er...
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Abdul Jones

Indexer Notes

7 strips (1/3-1/8/39)

Universal Phoenix Features May-June 38 (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Kirby, or not Kirby? That Is the Question (Table of Contents: 16)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Discussion of other Lincoln Feature strips which are not believed to be Kirby's work.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Ted Grey)
Pencils
Will Eisner (layouts - 1,5,7,8); Jack Kirby (credited as Jack Curtiss)
Inks
Will Eisner (1-3,5,8); Jack Kirby (4,6)
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On February 24, 1815, the stout ship 'Pharoah' entered...
Genre
adventure; historical
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas.

Pages 1-4 are from Jumbo Comics, pages 5-8 from Wags.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Diary of Dr. Hayward / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (under house name Curt Davis)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby (3-7,9-12); ? (1,2,8)
Letters
S. M. Iger; Jack Kirby (3,7-12)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the world of science a long forgotten name...
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Kromo; Stuart Taylor; Lora Lake; Doctor Hayward; Mister Eternity
Synopsis
The mad scientist Kromo places his mind in Stuart Taylor's body, then kidnaps Stuart's lover Lora for his experiments. Hayward pursues Kromo and receives aid from a cosmic being called Mister Eternity.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Wilton of West Point / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (under house name Fred Sande)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
S. M. Iger; Jack Kirby (3,7,8,10-12)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The sheriff and his men are trapped in the hills...
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Feature is sometimes titled Wilton of the West.

Associated Features Syndicate: May to July 1938 (Table of Contents: 20)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies (Table of Contents: 22)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider; Lightnin'
Reprints

Indexer Notes

promo piece for new series beginning the next issue

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whoopee, the Round-Up Is On!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Lone Rider surveys Hutch Kruger's cabin
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider
Reprints
  • US from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #63 (October 1939)
  • which is reprinted
    • from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-01-17 - 1939-01-21, 1939-01-23 - 1939-01-25 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While the Lone Rider deals with Hutch Kruger
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider
Reprints
  • US from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #64 (November 1939)
  • which is reprinted
    • from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-01-26 - 1939-01-28, 1939-01-30 - 1939-02-01, 1939-02-03 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry about my gun sheriff
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider
Reprints
  • US from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #65 (December 1939)
  • which is reprinted
    • from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-02-04, 1939-02-06 - 1939-02-11, 1939-02-13 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And now Senor Sheriff I must go
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider

Indexer Notes

proof prints for unpublished(?) strips intended for 2/14-2/18/39

[Drawings of Knights] (Table of Contents: 28)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Jack Kirby (signed)

Genre
historical

TEM Publishing: Early 1940 (Table of Contents: 29)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[Black Michael] (Table of Contents: 30)

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Introduction-Adam Starr; introduction-Black Michael
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jack's first story intended for a color comic book

Fox Feature Syndicate: Late 1939 to Early 1940 (Table of Contents: 31)

text article / 6.25 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Rooftop Shadow (Table of Contents: 32)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (under house name Charles Nicholas)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (under house name Charles Nicholas)
Inks
Jack Kirby (under house name Charles Nicholas)
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle
Reprints
  • from Blue Beetle (Fox Feature Syndicate) 1/15/40

Killer in the Corner (Table of Contents: 33)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (under house name Charles Nicholas)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (under house name Charles Nicholas)
Inks
Jack Kirby (under house name Charles Nicholas)
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Beetle
Reprints
  • from Blue Beetle (Fox Feature Syndicate) 1/16/40

Wonderworld Comics #8 (Table of Contents: 34)

The Flame / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
Lou Fine

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Mystery Men #8 (Table of Contents: 35)

Blue Beetle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
Lou Fine

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Marvel Comics #1 (Table of Contents: 36)

Human Torch / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Paul
Inks
Frank Paul

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Science Comics #1 (Table of Contents: 37)

Cosmic Carson / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Mystery Men Comics #10 (Table of Contents: 38)

Blue Beetle / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon

Genre
superhero
Reprints

The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses (Table of Contents: 39)

Fiery Mask / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Joe Simon
Editing
Lloyd Jacquet

Genre
superhero
Characters
Introduction-Fiery Mask
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Wing Turner / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby ? (under house name Floyd Kelly); Joe Simon ? (under house name Floyd Kelly)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Jack Kirby
Editing
Joe Simon

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wing is testing a new Hanson-38
Genre
adventure; aviation
Reprints
Keywords
airplanes

[Death Strikes in the Martian Night] (Table of Contents: 41)

Cosmic Carson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (under house name Michael Griffith)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby
Editing
Joe Simon

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Introduction-Cosmic Carson; Introduction-Iako; Introduction-Elramis
Synopsis
Death stalks the Martian Night!
Reprints

Champion Comics #8 (Table of Contents: 42)

Duke O'Dowd / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon

Genre
superhero
Characters
Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]
Reprints

[Adam Organizes a Space Police System] (Table of Contents: 43)

Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Adam Starr; Introduction-Solar Legion; Introduction-Arthak
Reprints

Indexer Notes

chopped up from a proposed newspaper strip

Novelty Press: Early to Late 1940 (Table of Contents: 44)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Pencils
Joe Simon; ? (Photographs)
Inks
Joe Simon; ? (Photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Includes an excerpt from first Blue Bolt story from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty, 1940 series) #v1#1 [1] (June 1940).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon
Pencils
Jack Kirby (1,2,4,5); Joe Simon (3,6-10)
Inks
Jack Kirby (4,5) Joe Simon (1-3,6-10)
Letters
Joe Simon
Editing
Lloyd Jacquet

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Cylclotron is My Greatest Achievement
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Green Sorceress
Reprints

Champion Comics #9 (Table of Contents: 46)

Human Meteor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon

Genre
superhero
Characters
Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]
Reprints

[Search for Julie Wade] (Table of Contents: 47)

Solar Legion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Adam Starr; Black Michael
Reprints

Indexer Notes

chopped up version of story originally prepared for comic strip

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That looks like fire
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider; John Prescott
Synopsis
John Prescott if ambushed by Caleb Stone's men
Reprints
  • US from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #72 (July 1940)
  • which is reprinted
    • from Lightnin' and the Lone Rider daily (Associated Features Syndicate) 1939-04-19 - 1939-04-22 [Found in only one known newspaper originally, "New Brunswick Home News" of New Brunswick, New Jersey.]

Blue Bolt #3 (Table of Contents: 49)

Blue Bolt / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Editing
Lloyd Jacquet

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blue Bolt
Reprints

[The Green Sorceress Reforms] (Table of Contents: 50)

Blue Bolt / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon
Pencils
Jack Kirby (1,2,7,10); Joe Simon (3-6,8,9)
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson
Editing
Lloyd Jacquet

Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Count Gorth
Synopsis
Dr Bertoff cures the Green Sorceress of her evil nature
Reprints

Champion #10 (Table of Contents: 51)

Duke O'Dowd / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
superhero
Characters
Duke O'Dowd [the Human Meteor]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Old John Prescott finally succumbs
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider
Synopsis
Lone Rider vows to avenge the murder of John Prescott
Reprints

Timely Publications April 1940 to January 1941 (Table of Contents: 53)

text article / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Rawhide Kid #38 (Table of Contents: 54)

Rawhide Kid / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rawhide Kid; Red Raven
Reprints

Red Raven #1 (Table of Contents: 55)

Red Raven / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Letters
Howard Ferguson
Editing
Joe Simon

Genre
superhero
Characters
Red Raven
Reprints

[Mercury Comes to Earth] (Table of Contents: 56)

Mercury In the 20th Century / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Bursten (signed)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby
Editing
Joe Simon

Genre
superhero
Characters
Jupiter; Mercury; Pluto; Minerva
Synopsis
Mercury descends from Olympus to stop Pluto's dream from conquering the world as Adolph Hitler
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Harry Mendryk disputes Theakston's Kirby inking credit at http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/621

[The Solar Engine] (Table of Contents: 57)

Comet Pierce / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Letters
Jack Kirby
Editing
Joe Simon

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Comet Pierce (introduction); Avis Jort (introduction); Queen Laraina (introduction)
Reprints

About the Author (Table of Contents: 58)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; biography

Summation (Table of Contents: 59)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Footnotes (Table of Contents: 60)

text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Bibliography (Table of Contents: 61)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Greg Theakston
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Index (Table of Contents: 62)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies (Table of Contents: 63)

Lightnin' and the Lone Rider / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited as Lance Kirby)
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
Jack Kirby

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Lone Rider; Lightnin'
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Red Raven
  2. 1. Foreword
  3. 2. Determination on Suffolk Street: 1917 to 1935
  4. 3. Max Fleisher Studios: Spring 1935 to Late 1935
  5. 4. Lincoln Feature Syndicate January 1936 to late-1939
  6. 5. ["Yawning exercises the facial muscles..."]
    Laughs from the Day's News
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Our Puzzle Corner
  8. 7. ["Sleeping in poorly ventilated rooms..."]
    Your Health Comes First!
  9. 8. [Five Editorial Cartoons]
  10. 9. ["That famous coin George Washington threw..."]
    The Romance of Money
  11. 10. ["The ancient Egyptians tied up the bride's hair..."]
    Facts You Never Knew
  12. 11. ["I now go into ze trance, monsieur Socko."]
    Socko the Seadog
  13. 12. ["Davy Robbins, a serving boy, in an old English inn..."]
    Black Buccaneer
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Cyclone Burke
  15. 14. ["Friends of Radioland -er..."]
    Abdul Jones
  16. 15. Universal Phoenix Features May-June 38
  17. 16. Kirby, or not Kirby? That Is the Question
  18. 17. ["On February 24, 1815, the stout ship 'Pharoah' entered..."]
    Count of Monte Cristo
  19. 18. ["In the world of science a long forgotten name..."]
    The Diary of Dr. Hayward
  20. 19. ["The sheriff and his men are trapped in the hills..."]
    Wilton of West Point
  21. 20. Associated Features Syndicate: May to July 1938
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  23. 22. Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  24. 23. ["Whoopee, the Round-Up Is On!"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  25. 24. ["The Lone Rider surveys Hutch Kruger's cabin"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  26. 25. ["While the Lone Rider deals with Hutch Kruger"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  27. 26. ["I'm sorry about my gun sheriff"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  28. 27. ["And now Senor Sheriff I must go"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  29. 28. [Drawings of Knights]
  30. 29. TEM Publishing: Early 1940
  31. 30. [Black Michael]
    Solar Legion
  32. 31. Fox Feature Syndicate: Late 1939 to Early 1940
  33. 32. The Rooftop Shadow
    Blue Beetle
  34. 33. Killer in the Corner
    Blue Beetle
  35. 34. Wonderworld Comics #8
    The Flame
  36. 35. Mystery Men #8
    Blue Beetle
  37. 36. Marvel Comics #1
    Human Torch
  38. 37. Science Comics #1
    Cosmic Carson
  39. 38. Mystery Men Comics #10
    Blue Beetle
  40. 39. The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses
    Fiery Mask
  41. 40. ["Wing is testing a new Hanson-38"]
    Wing Turner
  42. 41. [Death Strikes in the Martian Night]
    Cosmic Carson
  43. 42. Champion Comics #8
    Duke O'Dowd
  44. 43. [Adam Organizes a Space Police System]
    Solar Legion
  45. 44. Novelty Press: Early to Late 1940
  46. 45. ["The Cylclotron is My Greatest Achievement"]
    Blue Bolt
  47. 46. Champion Comics #9
    Human Meteor
  48. 47. [Search for Julie Wade]
    Solar Legion
  49. 48. ["That looks like fire"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  50. 49. Blue Bolt #3
    Blue Bolt
  51. 50. [The Green Sorceress Reforms]
    Blue Bolt
  52. 51. Champion #10
    Duke O'Dowd
  53. 52. ["Old John Prescott finally succumbs"]
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
  54. 53. Timely Publications April 1940 to January 1941
  55. 54. Rawhide Kid #38
    Rawhide Kid
  56. 55. Red Raven #1
    Red Raven
  57. 56. [Mercury Comes to Earth]
    Mercury In the 20th Century
  58. 57. [The Solar Engine]
    Comet Pierce
  59. 58. About the Author
  60. 59. Summation
  61. 60. Footnotes
  62. 61. Bibliography
  63. 62. Index
  64. 63. Coming - in Next Month's Famous Funnies
    Lightnin' and the Lone Rider
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  • Henry Andrews
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  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jochen G.
  • Rand HOPPE
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore