Amazing Man Comics #9

(February 1940)

Books for Boys and Girls (Table of Contents)

Comic Corp. of America / advertisement / 0.15 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Lone Ranger books published by the publisher of this comic book.
Upper left corner of the inside front cover.

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation Etc. (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.15 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph J. Hardie; Berta M. Holcepl (notary)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

Comic Corporation of America (owner); Joseph J. Hardie (owner, publisher); Raymond J. Kelly (owner, business manager); E. L. Angel (owner); Lloyd Jacquet (editor)

Content Information

Synopsis:

Statement of ownership of "Amazing-Man Comics, published monthly at Springfield, Mass., for October 1, 1939."

Indexer Notes

All addresses for given as 220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.
Bertha M. Holcepl, Notary public, Kings County.
Managing editor listed as "none".
Lower left corner of inside front cover.

For 1940 It's the Centaur Group! (Table of Contents)

The Centaur Group / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.7 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Peter [as Peter] (signed)

Inks:

George Peter [as Peter] (signed)

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Identity of "Peter" from Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The Centaur Group books are Keen Detective Funnies, Amazing Mystery Funnies, Amazing-Man Comics and Funny Pages.
Right side inside front cover.

["Aman, the "Amazing-Man", having abandoned his plan to avenge the misdeeds..."] (Table of Contents)

Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Everett

Pencils:

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks:

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; The Great Question (Villain)

Indexer Notes

Title and character info from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

["Doris, Sir Oliver King, First Mate Jeffers..."] (Table of Contents)

King of the South Seas / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harold Hughes?

Pencils:

Harold Hughes (signed)

Inks:

Harold Hughes (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

Jungle Battles (Table of Contents)

Jay Douglas / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Louis Golden?

Pencils:

Robert Golden (signed)

Inks:

Robert Golden (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

vs. dinosaur in jungle

["Late in the year 1970, twenty years after the Second World War..."] (Table of Contents)

Iron Skull / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carl Burgos?

Pencils:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Inks:

Carl Burgos (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Iron Skull (hero) vs. spies in the year 1970.

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

["The story starts in a small rural town..."] (Table of Contents)

The Magician From Mars / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Giunta; Michael Mirando

Pencils:

John Giunta; Michael Mirando

Inks:

John Giunta; Michael Mirando

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

"born of Martian & Earth parents, super-heroine Jane battles a giant Elemental"

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009. Giunta's name is misspelled "Guinta" in the splash panel.

["Say, Jake!"] (Table of Contents)

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John F. Kolb?

Pencils:

John F. Kolb

Inks:

John F. Kolb

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Reduced to 6-inches by a mad scientist, a young man and woman battle criminals.

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

["After the death of their treacherous guide..."] (Table of Contents)

Chuck Hardy; Land Beneath the Sea / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Thomas?

Pencils:

Frank Thomas (signed)

Inks:

Frank Thomas (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Pellucidar-like sci-fi adventure.

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, May 2009.

The Green Mist (Table of Contents)

Aman the Amazing-Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sam Gilman

Pencils:

Sam Gilman (signed)

Inks:

Sam Glanzman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Lou Mougin credits script to Sam Gilman, May 2009.

The Devil Dogs (Table of Contents)

Mighty Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Filchock?

Pencils:

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks:

Martin Filchock (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

12-foot tall hero vs. the Dogman.

["Out on the high seas, a fishing schooner..."] (Table of Contents)

The Shark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lew Glanzman?

Pencils:

Lew Glanzman (signed)

Inks:

Lew Glanzman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Sub-Mariner-like aquatic super-hero. Title from Lou Mougin Sam Gilman, May 2009.

This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents)

Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typerwriter / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Boys, Girls! Select New & Unusual Gifts from This Ad or Sensational New Catalog (Table of Contents)

Johnson Smith & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.