(June 1940)

Archie, 1939 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-03-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Louis H. Silberkleit (credited) (editor); Abner J. Sundell ? (editor)

Issue Notes

Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/). On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 448697. Louis H. Silberkleit is recorded as editor on the first published Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1939. Abner J. Sundell was working as editor for Louis Silberkleit's pulp publications and could have acted as editor on the early M.L.J comic books.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Corporal Collins / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
military
Characters
Corporal Collins; Rang-a-Tang (inset); Hercules (inset)
Reprints

[The Canal Zone Murder Case] (Table of Contents: 1)

Rang-A-Tang / comic story / 10.5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Ed Smalle
Inks
Ed Smalle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal
Characters
V: Wheeler (I)

Hercules Slays the Lion of Nemea!! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hercules / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Elmer Wexler (signed as El Wexler)
Inks
Elmer Wexler (signed as El Wexler)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Hercules (introduction, origin); Leo Nymia (villain, introduction, death); Nymia's gang [Scabroni (introduction); rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Hercules suddenly appears on the streets of New York and promptly gets work as a vaudevillian strongman. When his agent is killed by the "lion of the underworld", Leo Nymia (playing on the Nemean Lion, one of the champion’s twelve labors), he kills Nymia and wipes out his gang.
Reprints

[Battle with Shiek Tamah] (Table of Contents: 3)

Gypsy Johnson / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Bulthuis (signed)
Inks
John Bulthuis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Gypsy Johnson (introduction); Sheik Tamah (introduction, villain)

[Origin of the Fox] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Fox / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair (signed)
Pencils
Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inks
Irwin Hasen (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Fox [Paul Patton] (introduction, origin); Ruth Ransom (Daily Globe editor, introduction); unnamed Sheriff; The Night Riders (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
A masked group of men have been terrorizing the countryside by whipping people to death, and The Fox intends to stop them in their tracks. When Ruth is kidnapped by the Night Riders, he is inspired to become the hero while listening to the lyrics of a tune singing about a fox.
Reprints
Keywords
Daily Globe; Fleetsville

[Company C Is Trapped] (Table of Contents: 5)

Corporal Collins / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Abner J. Sundell ?
Pencils
Charles Biro
Inks
Charles Biro
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war; military
Characters
Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]; Slapsie Carr (introduction); The Nazis (villains)

Hunting the Coyote (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.66 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Short article about hunting coyotes while on motorcycles.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.34 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1939, Louis H. Silberkleit recorded as editor, perhaps named as a matter of convenience, no supporting evidence he acted as editor. Circulation data not included.

[The Origin of Ty-Gor] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ty-Gor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
George Storm
Inks
George Storm
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman] (introduction, origin); Mr. and Mrs. Gorman (Ty-Gor's parents, introduction, both die); Malma (a tigress); The Gapousas (villains, introduction for all, one dies)
Synopsis
To atone for the death of a tiger cub, a witch doctor must offer a human sacrifice, and this time it must be a white boy. Tyrone Gorman was offered as a living sacrifice to tigers in the jungles of Malay, but, instead, the tigress Malma raises him and continues his jungle adventures even though he is unaware that he is an heir to a fortune back home.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited Mort Meskin. Compared with his signed story in #6, this is not him, but George Storm. Compare also with Storm's story in Hangman #19, with long and lively inklines. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The Isle of Right (Table of Contents: 9)

Doc Strong / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Sam Cooper (signed)
Inks
Sam Cooper (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war; science fiction
Characters
Doc Strong (introduction, origin); Alice Rayburn (atomic chemist, introduction); Professor Harrison (electrical engineer, introduction); Dr. Henry Davidge (introduction); Walter Parker (mechanical engineer, introduction); Edward Stuyvesant (cowardly traitorous geologist, introduction); Sampson Smith (Swedish cook, introduction); Gustave Ritter (villain, Mongol warlord, introduction)
Synopsis
World War II has lasted to the year 2039 and is thus called the Hundred Year War. It has laid waste to civilizations, and much of humanity is reduced to a barbaric state and conquered by Mongol warlord Gustave Ritter. With a small band set out to rebuilding civilization and science in an underground city on the Isle of Right (an island in the Pacific that they settle), Doc Strong uses one of his inventions: a gun that solidifies shadows, to immobilize those that are attached or touching the shadows.

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

Dipsy and Doodle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Quincy (signed)
Inks
Quincy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen, you dumb dopes...
Genre
humor
Characters
Dipsy (detective); Doodle (detective); Homicide Hogan
Synopsis
Bring in Homicide Hogan dead or alive, or you loose your new police whistles.

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Dipsy and Doodle" feature.

[The Blue Duke] (Table of Contents: 11)

Loop Logan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Blair
Pencils
Frank Volpe
Inks
Frank Volpe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Loop Logan (American stunt flyer and ace, introduction); Clatra (Logan's Far-East Indian assistant, introduction); The Blue Duke [Lt. Villon] (villain, introduction))

[The Coming of the Green Falcon] (Table of Contents: 12)

Green Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Shorten (signed)
Pencils
Edd Ashe (signed)
Inks
Edd Ashe (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical
Characters
The Green Falcon (introduction, origin); Lady Marion (introduction); Richard the Lion-Hearted (introduction); Prince John (villain, introduction); Sir Boltyn (villain, introduction); the Saracens (villains, introduction for all)
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Corporal Collins
  2. 1. [The Canal Zone Murder Case]
    Rang-A-Tang
  3. 2. Hercules Slays the Lion of Nemea!!
    Hercules
  4. 3. [Battle with Shiek Tamah]
    Gypsy Johnson
  5. 4. [Origin of the Fox]
    The Fox
  6. 5. [Company C Is Trapped]
    Corporal Collins
  7. 6. Hunting the Coyote
  8. 7. Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
  9. 8. [The Origin of Ty-Gor]
    Ty-Gor
  10. 9. The Isle of Right
    Doc Strong
  11. 10. ["Listen, you dumb dopes..."]
    Dipsy and Doodle
  12. 11. [The Blue Duke]
    Loop Logan
  13. 12. [The Coming of the Green Falcon]
    Green Falcon
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Dan Kocher
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore