Wonderworld Comics #13

(May 1940)

[The Death Ray] (Table of Contents)

Flame / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles A. Winter

Inks:

Charles A. Winter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Olga (Villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., August 2009; pencils previously credited as "Basil Berold ?".

[The Domain of Fu Chu] (Table of Contents)

Yarko / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum [as Anthony Brooks] (credited)

Pencils:

Larry Antoinette ?

Inks:

Larry Antoinette ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Fu Chu (Villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Second death-ray invention in a row this issue.
Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., August 2009; previously credited to Fred Guardineer.
Per Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books, Anthony Brooks is a pseudonym for Toni Blum, who was a writer.

["The villains!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty Shortcake / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (credited)

Pencils:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (credited)

Inks:

S. M. Iger [as Jerry Williams] (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer had Klaus Nordling as writer/penciler/inker, but Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books says that Jerry Williams is a pseudonym for S. M. Iger, who was a writer/penciler/inker of Shorty Shortcake.

[The Abduction of Lupe De Vere] (Table of Contents)

Patty O'Day / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Claire Moe ? [as Vic Todd]

Inks:

Claire Moe ? [as Vic Todd]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Lupe De Vere (Intro)

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. notes that art is unlikely to be Claire Moe, August 2009.

[The Wharf Rats of Shanghai] (Table of Contents)

Dr. Fung / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (credited)

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (credited)

Inks:

Bob Powell [as Arthur Dean] (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Lo San Kee (Villain; Intro); the Wharf Rats (Villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who of American Comic Books says that Arthur Dean is a pseudonym for Bob Powell, who was a writer/penciler/inker of Dr. Fung.

Death Mask (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William Martin

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Text with illustrations.

[Slade and Barnes, Bandits] (Table of Contents)

Tex Maxon, the Phantom Rider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chuck Munson

Inks:

Chuck Munson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Slade (Villain; Intro); Barnes (Villain; Intro)

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. notes that art is NOT by Munson Paddock as originally credited, despite "Chuck Munson" byline, August 2009.

In Modern Times (Table of Contents)

Don Quixote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Schwab ?

Inks:

Fred Schwab ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., August 2009; originally credited as "Bob Powell ?".

In Guam (Table of Contents)

Spark Stevens / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Mr. Krest (Villain; Intro)

[The Scientist's Haunted House] (Table of Contents)

K-51 Spies At War / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited)

Pencils:

Tom Gill [as TG] (signed)

Inks:

Tom Gill [as TG] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Dr. Hugo Sloan (Intro)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., August 2009; originally credited as "Charles A. Winter ?".