Thorpe & Porter, 1952 Series
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Price
1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Jenson
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indexed from scanned copy at http://comicbookplus.com

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Frogman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Suchorsky
Inks
Mike Suchorsky
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Reprints

Saturday Afternoon Frogman (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Aamodt ?
Pencils
Bill Ely (signed)
Inks
Bill Ely (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Spinner Monks (frogman); Com. Elton; Connors (frogman)
Synopsis
Frogmen riding T.N.T. Kiddie Cars are going to blast an underwater submarine pen on some enemy island.
Reprints

Underwater Lighthouse (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Aamodt ?
Pencils
?
Inks
Mort Lawrence
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; spy
Synopsis
A group of frogmen have been sent to the icy Arctic on a mission that is listed as Top Secret.
Reprints

The Twenty-First Cave (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Aamodt ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
Lt. Pete Larkin; Radarman Jolly Remson; Cmd. Monroe
Reprints

Objective Sam (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Aamodt ?
Pencils
Al Eadeh ?
Inks
Al Eadeh ?; John Daly ?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Dan Sully (frogman); Wade Corey (frogman); Sam Kuyako (agent)
Synopsis
Frogmen are attempting to get out an agent from enemy territory.
Reprints

Gulf Stream Riddle (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Aamodt ?
Pencils
Lorence Bjorklund
Inks
Lorence Bjorklund
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Medic Joel Farnum
Synopsis
Bubonic Plague alarm somewhere on a small island in the Gulf Stream.
Reprints

The Pirate Frogman (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Kim Aamodt ?
Pencils
Mort Meskin
Inks
Mort Meskin
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Abel Lemaire [Frog]; Lt. Richard Piyon
Synopsis
In 1750 pirates with barrels tied to their backs for air, raid ships in harbour.
Reprints

Prison Ship (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Reprints

Stuart's Stranglers! (Table of Contents: 8)

True Western Trail Blazers / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

[Tundra's Island in the Sky] (Table of Contents: 9)

Airboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Airboy [David Nelson II]; Tundra (villain)
Reprints

The Hippos of Jewel River (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Smalle ?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Reprints
Keywords
pirate

Cowtown Rookie (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

[The Green Peril] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Heap / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Schroeder
Inks
Ernie Schroeder
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman] (origin re-told in brief); Dr. Cosgrove; Mr. Ascot; Mrs. Ascot; un-named Mayor; un-named constable; Graham (villain, Cosgrove's assistant, death); the Green Peril (villain, a plant, death)
Synopsis
Dr. Cosgrove's assistant plants a tendril of the vicious Green Peril plant near the site of von Emmelman's wrecked airplane, and soon it begins to take over the forested area. The Heap, sensing the struggle occuring between the plant and the Wassau Swamp, heads for the area, and battles the plant in efforts to save the life of Cosgrove.
Reprints
Keywords
The Green Peril; Wassau Swamp
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Frogman
  2. 1. Saturday Afternoon Frogman
  3. 2. Underwater Lighthouse
  4. 3. The Twenty-First Cave
  5. 4. Objective Sam
  6. 5. Gulf Stream Riddle
  7. 6. The Pirate Frogman
  8. 7. Prison Ship
  9. 8. Stuart's Stranglers!
    True Western Trail Blazers
  10. 9. [Tundra's Island in the Sky]
    Airboy
  11. 10. The Hippos of Jewel River
  12. 11. Cowtown Rookie
  13. 12. [The Green Peril]
    The Heap
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