(August 1940)
Centaur,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Corporation of America
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
Aman Breaks Loose Just Before the Atom Smasher Fires
Aman, the Amazing Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Lew Glanzman (signed as Glanz)
- Inks
- Lew Glanzman (signed as Glanz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson
[no title indexed]
Aman, the Amazing Man / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Glanzman (credited as Samuel Decker)
- Inks
- Sam Glanzman (credited as Samuel Decker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zona Henderson the ace girl crime investigator...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zona Henderson; Amazing-Man [John Aman]; The Great Question
- Synopsis
- The Great Question's men are robbing arsenals.
[no title indexed]
Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Kolb (credited as John F. Kolb) (signed)
- Inks
- John Kolb (credited as John F. Kolb) (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Minimidget and Ritty, the super-midgets, were projected to the year 3000, by a time destroying machine - invented by Mr. Miles.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Minimidget; Ritty; Bill Miles; Tota; Big Boy
- Synopsis
- Minimidget and Ritty come across a crooked mayor in the year 3000 abusing slaves.
[no title indexed]
Iron Skull / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Gilman (credited)
- Inks
- Sam Gilman (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I tell you, Llaslo, thru this Iron Skull I could produce a tribe of robots that would rule the world!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Iron Skull; Llaslo
- Synopsis
- A mad scientist plans to use the Iron Skull's blood to bring robots to life.
Indexer Notes
Title and art credit from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Hypno / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Thomas (credited)
- Inks
- Frank Thomas (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The mental transposition of animals is the latest of Dr. Hypno's startling accomplishments!
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dr. Hypno; Wun; Colonel Marché; Potter; Collette Marché
- Synopsis
- Dr. Hypno has to find the kidnapped daughter of Colonel Marché.
[no title indexed]
The Shark / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Father Neptune, the Shark's "Pop", told him a story of his youth and about an island in a mountain.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Father Neptune; The Shark; Oug; Zog
- Synopsis
- The surviving inhabitants of the island bring Martians to Earth.
Indexer Notes
Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
Death For One
Aman the Amazing-Man / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Duke Carey (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- Lew Glanzman ? (signed as G)
- Inks
- Lew Glanzman ? (signed as G)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Amazing Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson; Dr. Edward McCarth
- Synopsis
- Amazing Man is invited to see a scientist bring a dead woman back to life.
Indexer Notes
Sequence added per Lou Mougin, June 2009.
[no title indexed]
Mighty-Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It looks like I'm going to be offered a ride!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mighty Man; Bill Green; Goldie; Jones
- Synopsis
- Mighty Man is nearly run over by a trucker and learns of a truck-hijacking plot.
[no title indexed]
Reef Kinkaid / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Lubbers (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Lubbers (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, they say the native porters suddenly deserted - and left the expedition stranded!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Reef Kinkaid; Kobo; Doctor Lang; Marion Lang
- Synopsis
- Reef leads an expedition to the lost world to rescue a previous expedition.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Aman Breaks Loose Just Before the Atom Smasher Fires
Aman, the Amazing Man -
1.
["Zona Henderson the ace girl crime investigator..."]
Aman, the Amazing Man -
2.
["Minimidget and Ritty, the super-midgets, were projected to the year 3000, by a time destroying machine - invented by Mr. Miles."]
Minimidget -
3.
["But I tell you, Llaslo, thru this Iron Skull I could produce a tribe of robots that would rule the world!"]
Iron Skull -
4.
["The mental transposition of animals is the latest of Dr. Hypno's startling accomplishments!"]
Dr. Hypno -
5.
["Oh boy! Let's win this train"]
-
6.
["Father Neptune, the Shark's "Pop", told him a story of his youth and about an island in a mountain."]
The Shark -
7.
Death For One
Aman the Amazing-Man -
8.
["It looks like I'm going to be offered a ride!"]
Mighty-Man -
9.
["Yes, they say the native porters suddenly deserted - and left the expedition stranded!"]
Reef Kinkaid -
10.
["A legend long whispered among world travelers..."]
Zardi
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Andrew Shor
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