Shadow Comics #v1#2 [2]

(1940)

Robberies Baffle Police (Table of Contents)

Shadow / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walter Gibson?

Pencils:

Vernon Greene

Inks:

Vernon Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

The Shadow; Commissioner Weston; Inspector Cardona; Shrevvy; James Wendrew (villain; introduction; death)

Reprinted:

• possibly from strips.

[The Yellow Hoard] (Table of Contents)

Avenger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ray Harford?

Inks:

Ray Harford?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Avenger [Richard Benson] (introduction; origin in recap); Fergus MacMurdie (introduction); Smitty (introduction); Nellie Grey (introduction); Professor Grey (Nellie's father; introduction; death); Borg (villain; introduction; death); Olin Chandler (villain; introduction; death)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Avenger novel THE YELLOW HOARD by Kenneth Robeson [Paul Ernst]; first line, "Dad! At it again?"

["Iron! Can't we send a beam to that sun for power?"] (Table of Contents)

Iron Munro / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Theodore Sturgeon

Pencils:

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Colors:

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Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Theodore Sturgeon via Anthony Tollin on the GCD Error List. The Iron Munro comic stories were inspired/based on editor John W. Campbell's Arn Munro short stories in the ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION pulp.
Continued in next issue.

Written In Blood (Table of Contents)

Nick Carter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Walter Gibson?

Pencils:

George Marcoux?

Inks:

George Marcoux?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["One night during Frank's junior year some friends gather at his rooms..."] (Table of Contents)

Frank Merriwell / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

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Letters:

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["While Captain Fury is at Kane's home..."] (Table of Contents)

Cap Fury / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

I: Cap Fury (next app. in ARMY AND NAVY COMICS #1)

["Bill Barnes invoked the animosity of the Yellow-Jackets..."] (Table of Contents)

Bill Barnes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

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Inks:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Bill Barnes; Yellow-Jackets (villains)

The Sheriff's Stolen Boots (Table of Contents)

Circle J / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Farr

Pencils:

Jack Farr

Inks:

Jack Farr

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[The Crimson Serpent] (Table of Contents)

Doc Savage / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Doc Savage; Monk; Ham

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the Doc Savage story THE CRIMSON SERPENT by Kenneth Robeson [Lester Dent]; first line, "Death stalks the Arkansas swamp..."

["Yes, Ronny, it's a leap-year party..."] (Table of Contents)

Betty Co-Ed / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? ["VVG"]

Inks:

? ["VVG"]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Mark the Match Boy (Table of Contents)

Stories by Horatio Alger, Jr. / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Letters:

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Indexer Notes

Adapted from a story by Horatio Alger, Jr.