(May 1940)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Tem Publishing Co., Inc.
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S. Size; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched
Issue Notes
Printed in U.S.A.
Vol. 1, No. 1 May, 1940.
CRASH COMIC ADVENTURES is published monthly by Tem Publishing Co., Inc., 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entry as Second Class matter pending at the Post Office at Holyoke, Mass. Ten cents per copy. Subscription 12 issue $1.50. Foreign $2.50. The Publisher cannot be responsible for unsolicited material. Entire contents copyright 1940.
Note, no "s" at the end of "Comic" in the title for this issue.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Strongman / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
["You Can't Call My Dad The Blimp Man"] (Table of Contents)
Superform Belt / advertisement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
[Illegal Raider Ship] (Table of Contents)
Strongman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Scotty Walters
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Strongman [Percy Van Norton] (first appearance; origin)
["This is the Best Crew of Natives I ever Handled, JoJo"] (Table of Contents)
Buck Burke / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Stark
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Buck Burke (first appearance)
["I'm on Another Clue Sir"] (Table of Contents)
Secret Agent Z-2 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Douglas
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Z-2 (first appearance)
["Terror Stalks the Trail of the Interplanetary..."] (Table of Contents)
Solar Legion / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Jack Kirby
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Solar Legion (first appearance); Adam Starr (first appearance); Black Michael (first appearance)
- Reprinted:
- in Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #1
- in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1998 series) #12
Indexer Notes
Year 2140
Danger Dive (Table of Contents)
Don Matson / text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Don Matson (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
2 x 1/3 page illustrations
["Sigmund Ruber Missing"] (Table of Contents)
Blue Streak / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Lowry Bishop
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Blue Streak [Don Vin] (first appearance); Tago (first appearance)
"Look! That wild Chinaman power dived..." (Table of Contents)
The Flying Trio / comic story / 4 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Flying Trio (first appearance); Sing Low (first appearance); Ray (first appearance); Mac (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
Chinese plays good guy starring role along with two caucasian's in 1940!
["Jane, You've got to stop this infernal meddling..."] (Table of Contents)
Jane Drake / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Matt Robertson
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Jane Drake (first appearance); Jerry King (first appearance)
Yang Threatens World (Table of Contents)
Alec / comic story / 3 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Rudolph
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Yang (first appearance)
["We've had engine trouble with our plane sir!"] (Table of Contents)
Shangra / comic story / 10 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Nam Chung Po
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Joan Joyce (first appearance); Jack Flynn (first appearance); Shangra (first appearance)
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
["You Can't Call My Dad The Blimp Man"]
Superform Belt -
2.
[Illegal Raider Ship]
Strongman -
3.
["This is the Best Crew of Natives I ever Handled, JoJo"]
Buck Burke -
4.
["I'm on Another Clue Sir"]
Secret Agent Z-2 -
5.
["Terror Stalks the Trail of the Interplanetary..."]
Solar Legion -
6.
Danger Dive
Don Matson -
7.
["Sigmund Ruber Missing"]
Blue Streak -
8.
"Look! That wild Chinaman power dived..."
The Flying Trio -
9.
["Jane, You've got to stop this infernal meddling..."]
Jane Drake -
10.
Yang Threatens World
Alec -
11.
["We've had engine trouble with our plane sir!"]
Shangra
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Henry Andrews
- Chris Launder
- Donald Dale Milne
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Jim Vadeboncoeur
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