Comics the Golden Age #2

(May 1984)

Comics the Golden Age (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gill Fox (cover thumbnail)

Inks

Gill Fox (cover thumbnail)

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Table of contents, production credits, indicia.

Editor's Page (Table of Contents: 2)

Editor’s Page / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart

Pencils

Gill Fox (cover thumbnail)

Inks

Gill Fox (cover thumbnail)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Editorial, Coming Attractions

Silver Streak (Table of Contents: 3)

Hero Profile / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?; Jack Cole

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Silver Streak

Reprints

• from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #[22] (February 1946) [splash]
which is reprinted
• from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #7 (January 1941)

Gill Fox (Table of Contents: 4)

The Golden Age Interview / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart (credited) (interviewer); Gill Fox (credited) (interviewee)

Pencils

Gill Fox (credited) (art examples); ? (photo)

Inks

Gill Fox (credited) (art examples); ? (photo)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Wun Cloo; Torchy; Poison Ivy; Slaphappy Pappy; Gill Fox (photo)

[Mantoka, Doc Savage, Hemlock Shomes] (Table of Contents: 5)

Golden Age Portfolio / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Another eclectic selection this time around, offering you two superheroes and a spoof.

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

This issue’s selections are Doc Savage, Hemlock Shomes, and Mantoka.

[Japan's Secret Oil Supply] (Table of Contents: 6)

Doc Savage / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Formes

Pencils

Bill Smith (credited as William A. Smith) (signed as Smith)

Inks

Bill Smith (credited as William A. Smith) (signed as Smith)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doc Savage

Reprints

• from Doc Savage Comics (Street and Smith, 1940 series) #v1#9 [9] (September 1942)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hemlock Shomes / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (credited) (signed as Fred)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (credited) (signed as Fred)

Inks

Fred Schwab (credited) (signed as Fred)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Any similarity between Shomes and Potsam to any persons...

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Hemlock Shomes

Reprints

• from Mystery Men Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #4 (November 1939)

Indexer Notes

This reprint is missing the second page of the story.

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

Mantoka / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Cole (credited as Richard Bruce)

Pencils

Jack Cole (credited as Richard Bruce)

Inks

Jack Cole (credited as Richard Bruce)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My son, the time has come for your young body to replace this ancient one's!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mantoka (introduction; origin); Mantoka's father;

Synopsis

Mantoka's father, the tribe shaman, passes his powers on to Mantoka. When the hunters of the tribe start to go missing, Mantoka finds that they have been captured by a white man who is forcing them to work in his mines.

Reprints

• from Funny Pages (Centaur, 1938 series) #v4#1 (January 1940)

Basil Wolverton (Table of Contents: 9)

The Funnymen / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (credited) (panel excerpts)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (credited) (panel excerpts)

Letters

typeset; ?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Mr. Scarlet and Pinky; Second Banana / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?

Pencils

Jack Binder (cover reproduction)

Inks

Jack Binder (cover reproduction)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here was a dependable journeyman comic book hero…

Genre

non-fiction; superhero

Characters

Mary Marvel; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky Butler

Reprints

• from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #53 (April 1947)

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Justice Society of America? (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Article about clubs to join and prizes to receive in the Golden Age of comics.

The Black Angel (Table of Contents: 12)

Women in Comics / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

The Black Angel [Sylvia Manners]

Indexer Notes

Article on Hillman’s Black Angel heroine seen in Air Fighters Comics.

Jimmy Thompson (Table of Contents: 13)

Forgotten Artists of the Golden Age / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Ron Goulart ?

Pencils

Jimmy Thompson (credited) (panel excerpts)

Inks

Jimmy Thompson (credited) (panel excerpts)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Article on Golden Age comic book and newspaper strip artist Jimmy Thompson.

[Blank Pages] (Table of Contents: 14)

blank page(s) / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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