War Comics
#2
(May 1940)
Dell,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-04-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Contents copyrighted 1940 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
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 456198.
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 456198.
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War Comics / activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- contest
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover in black, white and red.
[no title indexed]
Peace Raider / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Arthur McCaffery (credited)
- Pencils
- Arthur McCaffery ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A close shave, mates, but we made it!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Peace Raider [Larry MacIntosh]; Babanoff (villain); O'Roke (first appearance, villain)
Indexer Notes
In most stories in this issue, the byline refers to the artist. Unable to find any information on this creator to determine if he's writer/artist or both.
[no title indexed]
The Tripod Trio / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having reached no man's land much against their will
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Tripod Trio [Mickey]
Indexer Notes
Mickey is named in this story.
Greg Gilday and the Martians
Greg Gilday / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Fletcher (signed as Fletcher)
- Inks
- Dick Fletcher (signed as Fletcher)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Greg Gilday (introduction, origin, doctor); Joan; President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- The U.S. Crusier "Brooklyn" spots a weird, flying metal object and radios authorities with information. But the mysterious object blows the ship to pieces as well as the S.S. Aurentic which was sent to investigate. The mysterious craft then appears over Washington D.C. and shoots down every airplane sent to intercept it, then disappears. The President's Cabinet decides to turn the matter over to the dying Dr. Gilday. He travels to his lab to finish work on his Atomic Supervitalizer anyway and accidentally falls into it, gaining tremendous powers and abilities, and vows to take on the craft.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- S.S. Aurentic; U.S. Crusier Brooklyn; Washington D.C.
in Indexer Notes
Continued next issue.
Fletcher signs every page of this story in the last panel.
The Admiral Graf Spee
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Characters
- Captain Langsdorff
Indexer Notes
Al McWilliams credit from "Comic book culture: an illustrated history" by Ron Goulart (2000-Collectors Press Inc.) [Submitted by Doc Mars via the Error Tracker].
[no title indexed]
The Tripod Trio / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aha, mon braves!
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Tripod Trio [Mickey]
[no title indexed]
Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Spanish fishing vessel catches big fish..
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
This issue is the only appearance of the "Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines" feature
[no title indexed]
New War Tactics / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Long before the outbreak of the present war
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Scoop Mason / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the trail of worthless ammunition smuggled from France into Germany
- Feature Logo
- Scoop Mason War Correspondent
- Genre
- war; teen
- Characters
- Scoop Mason; Sleepy Samson; Jay-Jay [Judy Jackson; also as Rosita]; Crane; Baron Treville (villain); Carl (villain)
[no title indexed]
The Sky Hawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Ralf Stone (credited)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Hickey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Following their graduation from Annapolis, the three buddies
- Genre
- war; aviation
- Characters
- Storm Allen; Lucky Lane; Buzz Magee; Admiral White; Commander Kerry (first appearance); Judy Baines (first appearance); Ah Wing; Nichi Koto
Indexer Notes
Judy Baines is named in War Comics #3.
[no title indexed]
The Tripod Trio / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Forward March!
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Tripod Trio [Mickey]
[no title indexed]
Danny Dash Globe Trotter / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Erwin Hess (signed as Erwin L. Hess)
- Inks
- Erwin Hess (signed as Erwin L. Hess)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enroute to London on a rainy night, Danny's car is wrecked
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Danny Dash; Captain Georges Barnett; J.D.S.; Miss Stanley; Mr. Boumier; Dr. Lagron; Albert; Gray Hordes from the Center of the Earth
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It happened in Germany
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
This issue is the only appearance of the "Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines" feature
[no title indexed]
The Tripod Trio / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After wrecking that train boys, it'll be too bad if they ever catch us again
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Tripod Trio [Mickey]
[no title indexed]
Blockade / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Burley (signed)
- Inks
- Ray Burley
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry and Tim, after being fished out of the North Sea by a British destroyer
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Jerry; Tim; Mr. Bailey; Mr. Bosun (villain); Schultz (villain)
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
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War Comics -
2.
["A close shave, mates, but we made it!"]
Peace Raider -
3.
["Having reached no man's land much against their will"]
The Tripod Trio -
4.
Greg Gilday and the Martians
Greg Gilday -
5.
The Admiral Graf Spee
-
6.
["Aha, mon braves!"]
The Tripod Trio -
7.
["A Spanish fishing vessel catches big fish.."]
Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines -
8.
["Long before the outbreak of the present war"]
New War Tactics -
9.
["On the trail of worthless ammunition smuggled from France into Germany"]
Scoop Mason -
10.
["Following their graduation from Annapolis, the three buddies"]
The Sky Hawk -
11.
["Forward March!"]
The Tripod Trio -
12.
["Enroute to London on a rainy night, Danny's car is wrecked"]
Danny Dash Globe Trotter -
13.
Mines
-
14.
["It happened in Germany"]
Small News True Stories from Behind the Lines -
15.
["After wrecking that train boys, it'll be too bad if they ever catch us again"]
The Tripod Trio -
16.
["Jerry and Tim, after being fished out of the North Sea by a British destroyer"]
Blockade -
17.
This Beautiful Desk for Only $1.00
Remington Rand Inc. -
18.
Announcing the Sensational New Daisy 1000-shot Red Ryder Carbine
Daisy Red Rider
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Richard Smith
- Dan Stevenson
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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