(June 1940)

Worth Carnahan, 1939 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1940-04-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Worth Publishing Co. Inc.
Editing
Worth Carnahan; Adolphe Barreaux (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 453645.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Human Meteor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

costume Duke O'Dowd wears on cover is the one he adopts next issue; pencil and inks ID by Greg Theakston

Cover Thumbnail for Champion Comics (Worth Carnahan, 1939 series) #8
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[The Champ's Rival] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Champ / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
George Little (house name)
Pencils
Adolphe Barreaux ?
Inks
Adolphe Barreaux ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; sports
Characters
The Champ; Burton Finch (Intro); Henry Waters (intro)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Queer Championships / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Papp (signed)
Inks
George Papp (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The greatest jockey in history!
Genre
non-fiction; sports

[The Underwater War] (Table of Contents: 3)

Neptina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bently Wade
Pencils
Harry Parkhurst ?
Inks
Harry Parkhurst ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Neptina; Gakk; Mogg; Mhersa

[Sabotaging a Circus] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Paul Porter
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Johnny Fox; Ronald Mills (Intro, villain, Dies); Pudgy; Mike

The Story of the Friendly Fellows Who Wanted to Play (Table of Contents: 5)

Simple Snitz / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Art Helfant
Pencils
Art Helfant
Inks
Art Helfant
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Simple Snitz

[Episode Three] (Table of Contents: 6)

Dragon's Teeth / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Leslie Bellem
Pencils
Adolphe Barreaux
Inks
Adolphe Barreaux
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Quong (Intro, Dies, villain)

[The Crooked Sheriff] (Table of Contents: 7)

Robinhood Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Robinhood Jones; Bill Scarlett (intro)

Yellow! (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Turner
Letters
Typeset

[The Pirate Pair] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jungleman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Parkhurst ?
Inks
Harry Parkhurst ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle
Characters
Jungleman; Torchy (villain); Davey (villain)

[The Code on the Key] (Table of Contents: 10)

Liberty Lads / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
historical
Characters
Liberty Lads; Paul Revere; Captain Cummings (intro)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Champion Puzzler / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you read this important message?

The Case of Sabotage In Ft. Collins (Table of Contents: 12)

Lobo, the Flying Sleuth / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Max Neill
Inks
Max Neill
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; aviation; detective-mystery
Characters
Lobo; Wilson (Intro, villain)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Lobo, the Flying Sleuth" feature.

[The Great Deliverer] (Table of Contents: 13)

Human Meteor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Appel
Inks
George Appel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Feature Logo
Duke O'Dowd
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Duke O'Dowd; Kerry Flynn (Dies); Leng-Lu (Dies); Wah-Le; Bavakurans; Frango (villain); Thermah; Toga

Indexer Notes

Duke O'Dowd gains a costume and super-power belt

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Human Meteor
  2. 1. [The Champ's Rival]
    The Champ
  3. 2. ["The greatest jockey in history!"]
    Queer Championships
  4. 3. [The Underwater War]
    Neptina
  5. 4. [Sabotaging a Circus]
    Johnny Fox
  6. 5. The Story of the Friendly Fellows Who Wanted to Play
    Simple Snitz
  7. 6. [Episode Three]
    Dragon's Teeth
  8. 7. [The Crooked Sheriff]
    Robinhood Jones
  9. 8. Yellow!
  10. 9. [The Pirate Pair]
    Jungleman
  11. 10. [The Code on the Key]
    Liberty Lads
  12. 11. ["Can you read this important message?"]
    Champion Puzzler
  13. 12. The Case of Sabotage In Ft. Collins
    Lobo, the Flying Sleuth
  14. 13. [The Great Deliverer]
    Human Meteor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt
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