Manhunt #6

(March 1948)

Maid in the Morgue (Table of Contents: 1)

Undercover Girl / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Story begins on the inside front cover and concludes on the inside back cover.

The School for Spies (Table of Contents: 2)

Fallon of the F.B.I. / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Jim Fallon; The Masque; Jane; Bill

Synopsis

Fallon uncovers a hidden school for communist agents.

Reprints

• in Undercover Girl (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #7 [A-1 #118] (1954)
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

Communists; FBI; mountain lion

Indexer Notes

Whitney's signature is on the last page.

The Land of Lost Lumber (Table of Contents: 3)

Red Fox / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

L. B. Cole (signed)

Inks

L. B. Cole (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Characters

Red Fox; Hank Vickers; Randy Grogher; Lili LaPlatte

Synopsis

Red Fox helps a lumberjack stop a surveyor from stealing his claim.

Reprints

• in Red Fox (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #15 [A-1 #108] (1954)
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

log jam; lumberjack; surveyor

The Men from Deep Space (Table of Contents: 4)

Space Ace / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; adventure

Characters

Space Ace [Jet Black]; Jak Tal

Synopsis

Space Ace and Jak Tal, with the help of a handshake-buzzer, defeat an alien invasion.

Reprints

• in Space Ace (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #5 [A-1 No. 61] (1952)
• in Jet Black and Jak Tal: The Complete Space Ace (Boardman Books, 2014 series) (August 2014)
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #105 (2017)

The Stone of the Dying Druid (Table of Contents: 5)

Kirk of Scotland Yard / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Parker (signed)

Inks

Paul Parker (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Ronald Kirk; Makisian the Druid; Dick Turpin (cameo); Jack the Ripper (cameo); Eddie Bishop

Synopsis

Eddie Bishop finds a cursed stone that compels him to commit robberies and murder.

Reprints

• in Mysteries of Scotland Yard (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #1 [A-1 #121] ([1954])
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)

Keywords

druid; horse racing; Scotland Yard

The Mystery of the Stolen Secrets (Table of Contents: 6)

Undercover Girl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Starr Flagg; Black Dan Murray; Tallow

Synopsis

Starr Flagg must determine how Black Dan is unknowingly sending secrets to enemy spies.

Reprints

• in Undercover Girl (Magazine Enterprises, 1952 series) #5 [A-1 #62] ([1952])
• in A-1 Comics: A Retrospective (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #143 (September 2015)
• in Undercover Girl: The Complete Adventures of Starr Flagg (Boardman Books, 2015 series) (September 2015)

Keywords

Atlantic ocean; Central Intelligence; lighthouse