(June 1940)

Centaur, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1940-03-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Centaur Publications Inc.
Editing
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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. Second class permit. Copyright number 456270.

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Mad Ming / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harold DeLay (signed)
Inks
Harold DeLay (signed)
Colors
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fiendishly, the Mad Ming set the fire to destroy his helpless victims...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Mad Ming; Gene Jordan; Joe Moy
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Mad Ming / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Harold DeLay (credited, signed)
Pencils
Harold DeLay (credited, signed)
Inks
Harold DeLay (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gene Jordan, a government agent...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Mad Ming; Gene Jordan; Joe Moy
Synopsis
In his fanatical desire for vengeance against government agent Gene Jordan, Mad Ming finds himself in a trap of his own making.

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

The Circus and Sue / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Claire S. Moe (credited)
Pencils
Claire S. Moe (credited)
Inks
Claire S. Moe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Renee learning that Sam and Sue...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Madame Renee; Sam; Sue; Carlo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Cartooning / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is lesson number 17...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Your Page / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Folks! --Meet 'Ten-Ton Tony' the super wrestler!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Gordon Fife and the Boy King / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Moore (credited)
Pencils
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Inks
Carl Pfeufer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Meet the Cast, Folks!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Gordon Fife; Ali; Nicholas; Carol; Colonel Lorenz; Franz
Synopsis
In Sara, the capital of Kovnia, Colonel Lorenz asks Gordon Fife to help with the problem of counterfeit notes flooding the city.

Pandar the Panther Boy (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Andrew McWhiney (credited)
Pencils
Terry Gilkison (signed as TG) (spot illustration)
Inks
Terry Gilkison (signed as TG) (spot illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He knew his enemy's weakness...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Pandar, the Panther Boy; Loto; Tana

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Red Man of the Rockies / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Art Pinajian (credited) (signed as AP); ?
Pencils
Art Pinajian (credited) (signed as AP)
Inks
Art Pinajian (credited) (signed as AP); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A lone Indian, last of an ancient tribe...
Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Red Man of the Rockies; Slade (villain)

Indexer Notes

Pinajian signs 'AP' in the final panel.

The Wild Men of Borneo (Table of Contents: 8)

Cap'n Jeff / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Burley (credited as R. A. Burley)
Pencils
Ray Burley (credited as R. A. Burley)
Inks
Ray Burley (credited as R. A. Burley)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look what's getting outa that rickshaw, Cap'n!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Miss Sills; Cap'n Jeff
Synopsis
A rich, spoilt brat ignores the advice of the ship's captain and finds heself captured by wild men of Borneo.

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

Script
Paul Gustavson
Pencils
Paul Gustavson
Inks
Paul Gustavson
Colors
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson
First Line of Dialogue or Text
At Langley Field, a United States pursuit plane...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Arrow [Ralph Payne]

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Fiendishly, the Mad Ming set the fire to destroy his helpless victims..."]
    Mad Ming
  2. 1. ["Gene Jordan, a government agent..."]
    Mad Ming
  3. 2. ["Renee learning that Sam and Sue..."]
    The Circus and Sue
  4. 3. ["This is lesson number 17..."]
    Cartooning
  5. 4. ["Folks! --Meet 'Ten-Ton Tony' the super wrestler!"]
    Your Page
  6. 5. ["Meet the Cast, Folks!"]
    Gordon Fife and the Boy King
  7. 6. Pandar the Panther Boy
  8. 7. ["A lone Indian, last of an ancient tribe..."]
    Red Man of the Rockies
  9. 8. The Wild Men of Borneo
    Cap'n Jeff
  10. 9. ["At Langley Field, a United States pursuit plane..."]
    The Arrow
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