Comic Cavalcade #29

(October-November 1948)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Machine of Schemes (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Joye Hummel (under house name Charles Moulton)

Pencils

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter)

Inks

Harry Peter (signed as H G Peter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Professor Calculus (introduction); Dean Sourpuss; various Army intelligence officers and soldiers (introduction for all); Crime-Brain Doone (villain, introduction); Doone's men (villains, introduction for all); various crime lords (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Wonder Woman and Professor Calculus develop a super-computer thinking machine that can solve complex problems. But the machine is stolen by Crime-Brain Doone, who intends to use it to steal the gold in Fort Knox.

Reprints

• in Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #4 ([May] 2020)

Keywords

Holliday College

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Jill Lapore, 2014); we formerly credited Robert Kanigher.

Johnny Mize (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Scribbly / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

["Boy! I like the circus!] (Table of Contents: 5)

Nips / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (signed)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Nips

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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

Cotton-Top Katie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)

Job Number

OH 19

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whatcha looking for, Cotton-Top?

Genre

humor; teen; children

Characters

Cotton-Top Katie; the Perfessor

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Bit-o-Honey Races to the Rescue! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Bit-o-Honey / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Funny Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A fly has never been known to live from fall to spring...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Situation Wanted (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher ?

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Bob Oksner

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

GL 35 A

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Mrs. Grace (a charity worker, introduction); Mr. Groyd (insurance company owner, introduction); Tarlo (trapeze artist, introduction); Dexter (villain, introduction); Dexter's gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Needing money to help finance the Gotham Charity Hospital, Green Lantern takes on a series of cases.

Keywords

Gotham Charity Hospital; Gotham City

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich.

Alan Scott works for radio station WXYZ in this story.

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Kellogg's Variety / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Little Orville / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...And we come now to the distribution of the report cards...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Orville

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

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Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Science-Snaps / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oil and water will mix...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

[The Movie] (Table of Contents: 14)

Binky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ken Hultgren

Inks

Ken Hultgren

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

OH 24

Genre

teen

Characters

Binky Biggs; Peggy

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich; credit formerly given to Bob Oksner.

[Practice] (Table of Contents: 15)

Little Orville / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (signed)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Orville

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Green Lantern; Boy Commandos / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Lovely Lady] (Table of Contents: 19)

Johnny Peril's Surprise Story / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Purcell

Pencils

Howard Purcell

Inks

Howard Purcell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

CC 30

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Johnny Peril; Swanson; Lawford (Johnny's war buddy, introduction); a newspaper editor (Johnny's boss, introduction); several prisoners [Swanson; others unnamed] (introduction for all); Von Luger (villain, Nazi submarine commander, introduction, death); Nazi submarine crew (villains, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis

Johnny recounts a time in World War II that he was aboard a vessel that was sunk by a Nazi submarine. Now, years later, the sub that sunk his ship has returned to cause trouble to shipping off the coast of Venezuela.

Keywords

Lovely Lady (a ship)

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Spalding / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Martin Naydel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Although the male halibut rarely attains...

Genre

non-fiction; nature

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The River of Doubt (Table of Contents: 22)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

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

Jack of All Trades / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Lampert (signed)

Pencils

Harry Lampert (signed)

Inks

Harry Lampert (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lampert (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow! What an idea just hit me!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit by Craig Delich.

The Last Man Alive! (Table of Contents: 24)

The Flash / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Bernard Sachs

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

FL 99

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Flash [Jay Garrick]; several women (introduction for all); Star Sapphire (villain, 2nd appearance); a gang of bank robbers [Rondo; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

After a particularly restless night, Jay Garrick arises one morning to find himself the last man on Earth, thanks to the mistress of the 7th Dimension, Star Sapphire.

Keywords

Keystone City

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich.

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hero on the Bench (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page (report information)