The Complete Jack Kirby #1940-1941 [2]

(1997)

Foreword (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Kirby Speaks (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Indexer Notes

Interview ? done in March 1985

Bill Everett Speaks (Table of Contents)

Bill Everett / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Indexer Notes

interview circa 1966

September 1940 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby; Al Gabriele / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Indexer Notes

Al Gabriele interview included here

[Bertoff Shrinks the Blue Bolt] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff

Synopsis:

Bertoff shrinks Blue Bolt to insect size in order to sneak into the Sorceress' palace

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#4 [4] (September 1940)

Daring Mystery Comics #6 (Table of Contents)

Marvel Boy / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Marvel Boy

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• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6 (September 1940)

Introducing Marvel Boy (Table of Contents)

Marvel Boy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Burstein

Pencils:

Joe Simon (1-3); Jack Kirby (4-10)

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson (1-3); Joe Simon (4-10)

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Intro-Marvel Boy [Martin Burns]; Hercules; Jupiter

Synopsis:

Marvel Boy is the reincarnation of Hercules

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• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6 (September 1940)

The Legion of the Doomed (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Simon (1-4,6,10); Jack Kirby (5,6-9)

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Fiery Mask

Synopsis:

A demon inhabits the form of a murderous infant

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• from Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #6 (September 1940)

["Taking advantage of the Ensuing turmoil, the Lone Rider bolts for the nearest horse"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider; Caleb Stone; Introduction-Dr Chuda

Synopsis:

Caleb plans to excavate the lost city of the Zoltecs

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #74

[The Plutonian Bombers] (Table of Contents)

Space Smith / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Henry Fletcher

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Space Smith

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• from Fantastic Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #10 (September 1940)
• from Real Clue Crime Stories (Hillman, 1947 series) #v2#4 [16] (June 1947)

October 1940 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

["Out of the Emptiness of the Evening skies they came"] (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vision

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• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #13 (November 1940)

Indexer Notes

splash page reprinted only

[Secret Gateway to the World Beyond the Flame] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff

Synopsis:

The Sorceress discovers the secret of the 4th dimension

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#5 [5] (October 1940)

["We must start excavating this Zoltec city at once!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider; Caleb Stone; Dr Chuda

Synopsis:

Chuda tells the Lone Rider he is 50,000 years old

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #75

Marvel Mystery Comics #12 (Table of Contents)

Angel / cover reprint (on interior page) / ? pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #12 (October 1940)

November 1940 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

The Queen of Venus (Table of Contents)

illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Russel Fearn

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• from Marvel Stories 11/40
• Marvel (Red Circle)

[Origin of the Vision] (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vision (Origin)

Indexer Notes

splash page plus selected panels only

[Marto!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Martin Burstein(?)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson (1-5); Joe Simon(6- 10)

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blue Bolt; Green Sorceress; Bertoff; Intro-Marto

Synopsis:

Marto tries to place his mind in Blue Bolt's body

Reprints:

• From Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#6 [6] (November 1940)

[Dr Chuda reveals he is 50,000 years old] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider; Caleb Stone; Dr Chuda

Synopsis:

Chuda and Caleb capture the Lone Rider's girl

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• from Famous Funnies (Eastern Color, 1934 series) #76

Target Comics #10 (Table of Contents)

Target / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Joe Simon

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Target

Reprints:

• from Target Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #V1#10 [10] (November 1940)

December 1940 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Wow Comics #1 (Table of Contents)

Mr Scarlet / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

C. C. Beck

Colors:

?

Editing:

Ed Herron

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #1 (Winter 1940-41)

The Werewolf! (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / ? pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Joe Simon

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vision

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• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #14 (December 1940)

Blue Bolt #7 (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blue Bolt

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#7 [7] (December 1940)

[Blitkreig!] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele; Jack Kirby (pg 5)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Blue Bolt; Green Sorceress; Bertoff; Hitler; Mussolini

Synopsis:

The Green Sorceress adopts the concept of the Blitzkreig to her own ends

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#7 [7] (December 1940)

Prize Comics #v1#7 (7) (Table of Contents)

The Black Owl / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Owl

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#7 (7)

The Black Owl and the Whistler (Table of Contents)

The Black Owl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Maurice Rosenbaum

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Owl; Whistler; Terry Dane; Arnold Goodrich

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#7 (7) (December 1940) [[2]]
• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#7 (7)

[Lay Off the Donelli Case] (Table of Contents)

Mister Scarlet / comic story / ? pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Ed Herron

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mister Scarlet; Cherry Wade

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• from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #1 (Winter 1940-41)

Indexer Notes

apparently recut from a newspaper strip

January 1941 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

[Origin of the Human Top] (Table of Contents)

Human Top / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Briefer ?

Pencils:

Dick Briefer

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Human Top

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• from Red Raven Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #1 (August 1940)

Indexer Notes

splash page only

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Frankenstein / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Briefer

Pencils:

Dick Briefer

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Frankenstein

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#8 (8) (January 1941)

Keywords:

monsters

Indexer Notes

splash page only

Captain Marvel #1 (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

C. C. Beck

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 ([March] 1941)

[In the Inner Sanctum of Randu Rondi] (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vision

Indexer Notes

splash page only

[War over Radium] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Col Chagg; Introduction-Carl Pfieffer; Introduction-Ann Barton; Introduction- Everett Smith

Synopsis:

A passage to the surface world is found. The Sorceress captures the radium deposits of Scientific City.

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#8 [8] (January 1941)

Z! (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Herron

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel; Sivana; Introduction-Z

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• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 ([March] 1941)

Out West (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Herron

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel

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• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 ([March] 1941)

[Captain Marvel on Saturn] (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Herron

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel; Dragon Man of Saturn

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• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 ([March] 1941)

Captain Marvel Battles the Vampire (Table of Contents)

Captain Marvel / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Briefer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ed Herron

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Marvel

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• from Captain Marvel Adventures (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 ([March] 1941)

["Death Goes to Sea In A Million Dollar Yacht!"] (Table of Contents)

Black Owl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Editing:

Maurice Rosenbaum

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Owl; Terry Dane; Whistler; Arnold Goodrich

Synopsis:

Arnold Goodrich chooses a ship full of convicts to transport the sword Excalibur back to England

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#8 (8) (January 1941)

["glory bent on sabotage"] (Table of Contents)

Ted O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Ted O'Neil; Hinky Davis; Hurricane Squadron

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#8 (8) (January 1941)

February 1941 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography

[Dinosaurs Attack!] (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vision

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• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #16 (February 1941)

Indexer Notes

splash page only

[The Surface World] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Pfeiffer; Introduction-Bucky Williams; Introduction-Rocky Roberts

Synopsis:

The Blue Bolt follows the Green Sorceress to the Surface World

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#9 [9] (February 1941)

[Madame Mystery] (Table of Contents)

Black Owl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Owl; Madame Mystery; Terry Dane; Barney Dunn

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#9 (9)

[Barge in on a Blitzkrieg] (Table of Contents)

Ted O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Ted O'Neil; Hinky Davis; Hurricane Squadron

Reprints:

• from Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 series) #v1#9 (9)

March 1941 (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Vision / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

[Vince Garron,Big Shot Racketeer]

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vision

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• from Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1939 series) #17 (March 1941)

Indexer Notes

splash page only

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain America

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• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hurricane / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hurricane

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• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941) [1 page excerpt]

Indexer Notes

one page excerpt; same character as Mercury in Red Raven

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tuk, Cave Boy / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; historical

Characters:

Tuk

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• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (March 1941) [1 page excerpt]

Keywords:

barbarian

Indexer Notes

one page excerpt

U.S.A. #1 (Table of Contents)

Defender / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Defender

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• from USA Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #1 (August 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hurricane / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

?

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Hurricane

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• from Captain America Comics (Marvel, 1941 series) #2 (April 1941)

Indexer Notes

one page excerpt

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Young Allies / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Young Allies; Bucky; Toro

Indexer Notes

unused cover intended for Young Allies #1

[King Rocky] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon; with Al Avison; Al Gabriele

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Editing:

Lloyd Jacquet

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Green Sorceress; Blue Bolt; Dr Bertoff; Rocky Roberts

Synopsis:

Rocky Roberts brings his gangster philosophy to the inner world

Reprints:

• from Blue Bolt Comics (Novelty Press, 1940 series) #v1#10 [10] (March 1941)

Summation (Table of Contents)

Jack Kirby / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Greg Theakston

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

biography