(May 1940)

Hillman, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-03-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hillman-Curl Inc.
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Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449876.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rocket Riley / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Cover Thumbnail for Rocket Comics (Hillman, 1940 series) #v1#3
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[The Runaway Rocket: Part 3] (Table of Contents: 1)

Rocket Riley / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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Characters
Kurt Von Stangle (Villain); Devalo (Villain)

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last appearance

Pirate Plunder (Table of Contents: 2)

Hurricane Hart / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Characters
Snell (Villain; Intro); Bligh (Intro)

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last appearance

[The Auto Thieves] (Table of Contents: 3)

Defender / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Givens (Villain; Intro; Death); Turner (Villain; Intro; Death); Joe (Villain; Intro; Death); Another thief (Villain; Intro; Death)

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last appearance

The Dawson Kidnapping (Table of Contents: 4)

Red Roberts / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Characters
Alice Dawson (Intro); Martin Mitchell (Intro; Death); Ginger Dale (Intro); Mr. Roberts (Villain; Intro)

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[The Gold Shipment Grab] (Table of Contents: 5)

Steel Shark / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Steel Shark and his Gang (Villain)

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The Treasure of the Don (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Beech Allen
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typeset

[The Letter That Branded a Killer] (Table of Contents: 7)

Buzzard Barnes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Maurice Gutwirth
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Maurice Gutwirth
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Characters
Gustave Heinz (Villain; Intro; Death); Swenson (Intro; Death)

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last appearance.
Identical art style to the signed Barnes story in the second issue.

[The Masked Terror] (Table of Contents: 8)

Phantom Ranger / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Characters
The Masked Terror [Anson] (Villain; Intro; Death); Wong (Villain; Intro; Death); Lindy Davis (Intro); Mr. Davis (Intro; Death)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rocket Riley
  2. 1. [The Runaway Rocket: Part 3]
    Rocket Riley
  3. 2. Pirate Plunder
    Hurricane Hart
  4. 3. [The Auto Thieves]
    Defender
  5. 4. The Dawson Kidnapping
    Red Roberts
  6. 5. [The Gold Shipment Grab]
    Steel Shark
  7. 6. The Treasure of the Don
  8. 7. [The Letter That Branded a Killer]
    Buzzard Barnes
  9. 8. [The Masked Terror]
    Phantom Ranger
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
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