(April 1940)
Archie,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-02-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Abner Sundell ?
Issue Notes
Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 447041.
On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 447041.
[no title indexed]
The Wizard / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Wizard [Blane Whitney]
- Reprints
-
in Great American Comic Books (Publications International, Ltd., 2001 series) (2001) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #414 - The Golden Age Wizard Volume 1 ([October] 2017), #2006 - The Golden Age Firsts of MLJ Comics: Volume 1 ([June] 2018), #2279 - The Golden Age Wizard Giant ([February] 2019)
-
- Keywords
- Germans; submarine
[The Bundonians Bomb Texas!!]
The Wizard / comic story / 11 pages
- Feature Logo
- The Wizard, the Man with the Super-Brain
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- I: Jane (Wizard's fiancee) and her father (both are Texans!); V: The Bundonians (I)
In South America
Dick Storm / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- I: Sr. Valera, Rana Valera; V: Pruvians (I), Gen. Callero (I)
[The Death of Prospector Joe]
Moore of the Mounted / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sgt. Moore (a Mountie, introduction)), Prospector Joe (introduction, death); Vladimir (villain, introduction); Vladimir's partner partner (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- An old prospector is killed by two men, and Sergeant Moore sets after them on skis.
Indexer Notes
Only appearance.
The very long legs wide apart, and small heads often seen from below and sqeezed from above, are all signs of Meskin. Compare with the previous story.
The Devil Is a Mule
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buffalo Bill Cody
- Synopsis
- An Army mule cast the die that almost nipped Buffalo Bill's career in the bud.
Indexer Notes
Signed JR in the second illustration
[The Landing on Mars]
Streak Chandler / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- William Wills (signed as Wm Wills)
- Inks
- William Wills (signed as Wm Wills)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- I: Streak Chandler, Prof. Finlay, Vola Finlay, Lokis, Ferrugas; V: Two gangsters (I)
- Reprints
[Captured by the British]
Wings Johnson / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- aviation
- Characters
- V: The Nazis
[no title indexed]
Noodle / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Kin Platt ? (signed as Quincy)
- Pencils
- Kin Platt ? (signed as Quincy)
- Inks
- Kin Platt ? (signed as Quincy)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Kin Platt ? (signed as Quincy)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi'ya, Queenie--wot's new in storyland?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Noodle; Queenie
- Synopsis
- Noodle tries to prove he could rescue a damsel in distress.
Indexer Notes
The Noodle story in the previous issue was signed by Kin Platt, and this art looks very similar to that story. This feature is the only credit for "Quincy" in Bails.
[Immigrant Smugglers Meet with Doom]
Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney]; The Master (villain, introduction, death?); Princess Ah-Ku (villain); Trigger Slumm (villain); Butch (villain); other smugglers (villains, introduction for all)
[Moriarity, the Sports Gambler]
Stacey Knight, M.D. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- V: Moriarity and his gang (I for all); I: Kid Burns, Pedro Lang
Indexer Notes
Final appearance of the "Stacey Knight, M.D." feature.
[Frozen Out of the Game]
The West Pointer / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten ?
- Pencils
- Elmer Wexler (signed as El Wexler)
- Inks
- Elmer Wexler (signed as El Wexler)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Keith Kornell; Bob Seymour; Gerry Stevens; Two holdup men (villains)
[The Underseas Men]
Kardak / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Kardak; The Anderran Fishtails (mermen), Lorna Dorne; The Mocha Men and their Magator (villains, introduction for all)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Wizard -
1.
[The Bundonians Bomb Texas!!]
The Wizard -
2.
In South America
Dick Storm -
3.
[The Death of Prospector Joe]
Moore of the Mounted -
4.
The Devil Is a Mule
-
5.
[The Landing on Mars]
Streak Chandler -
6.
[Captured by the British]
Wings Johnson -
7.
["Hi'ya, Queenie--wot's new in storyland?"]
Noodle -
8.
[Immigrant Smugglers Meet with Doom]
Bob Phantom -
9.
[Moriarity, the Sports Gambler]
Stacey Knight, M.D. -
10.
[Frozen Out of the Game]
The West Pointer -
11.
["The Shield Meets the Wizard"]
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12.
[The Underseas Men]
Kardak
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Clint Maxwell
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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