([June] 2005)

DC, 2005 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Volume
1
Price
49.95 USD; 76.95 CAD
Pages
284
On-sale Date
2005-04-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Archive Editions
ISBN
1-4012-0658-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941239934 00111
Editing
Dale Crain (credited) (senior editor - collected editions); Sheldon Mayer (credited) (editor - original series)
Color
color
Paper Stock
glossy
Binding
hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format
collected edition

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils
Frank Harry (credited)
Inks
Frank Harry (credited)
Colors
Jamison Services (credited as Jamison)
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Figures taken from the cover from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #1.

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

cover / 1 page (report information)

Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Embossed with the Comic Cavalcade logo.

The Comic Cavalcade Archives Volume 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Harry
Inks
Frank Harry
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Image taken from the cover from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #2.

Table of Contents (Table of Contents: 4)

table of contents / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Chester Kozlak
Inks
Chester Kozlak
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the story from Comics Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #3 featuring The King.

Foreword (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Uslan (credited); Robert Klein (credited)
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a detail from the story from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #1 featuring Wonder Woman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Flash; Ghost Patrol; Green Lantern; Red, White and Blue; Scribbly; Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Frank Harry (credited)
Inks
Frank Harry (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural; war; humor
Characters
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Scribbly [Scribbly Jibbet]; Ghost Patrol [Fred; Pedro; Slim]; Red, White and Blue [Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue]
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Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

[The Mystery of the House of Seven Gables] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
William Marston (credited) (signed as Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (credited as Harry G. Peter) (signed as H. G. Peter)
Inks
Harry Peter (credited as Harry G. Peter) (signed as H. G. Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Tommy Royden (introduction); Mrs. Royden (Tommy's mother, introduction); Nazi soldiers and spies [Kipp; Anton; Fritz; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Diana and Steve head out by car to the New England coast at General Darnell's request to keep an eye out for spies and saboteurs. The disappearance of a young boy named Tommy then leads Diana to try and locate him, and she discovers a group of 5th Columnists who are connected to the Nazis that are to come ashore as invaders. Wonder Woman, aided by Steve and Etta Candy, put a stop to the invasion and rescue the boy.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents.

[The Smell That Spelled J-A-I-L] (Table of Contents: 8)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Bill Smith
Inks
Bill Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Red Dugan; Whitey Smith; Blooey Blue; Doris West; unnamed Fire Chief; unnamed Street cleaner (death); Sherm (G2 chemist); unnamed G2 building superintendent; unnamed G2 clerk; Truck Bieler (villain); Rusty (villain, Bieler's accomplice); Professor Leaman (villain)
Synopsis
Red Dugan and Doris are walking along the street when a fire truck races by them, and they follow it to the fire. Checking the building over with an arson investigator, they discover a body in the rubble, and gas tanks. Red picks up a badge at the scene and investigates how it could have gotten there. With the help of Whitey and Blooey, they discover a plot by someone to use a peculiar gas to make the writing on important government documents disappear, then steal them to obtain the secrets.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents. Script credited to Ted Udall and art credited to Howard Purcell in this volume.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Flying Colors / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Jenks (credited as John M. Jenks) (signed)
Pencils
John Jenks (credited as John M. Jenks) (signed)
Inks
John Jenks (credited as John M. Jenks) (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If Columbus had followed his original course...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Christopher Columbus
Synopsis
Fact page on Columbus, which provides info plus illustrates the flag of old Spain and the personal colors of Columbus.
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[Hitler Is a Bum!] (Table of Contents: 10)

Ghost Patrol / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall (credited, signed)
Pencils
Frank Harry (credited)
Inks
Frank Harry (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Ghost Patrol [Pedro; Slim; Fred]; Several newspapermen [Hans; Fritz]; Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
While in Germany, the members of the Ghost Patrol fight to save the "freedom of the press" in that nation by challenging the Führer himself!
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents.

Japanese Beetle Trouble (Table of Contents: 11)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Japanese soldiers (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Hop and Tank are flying along near the Himalayan Mountains when a Japanese fighter suddenly zooms out after them...then mysteriously disappears. Landing, Hop discovers all the mountains in that area are made of rock salt, and that the lake at the bottom of those mountains was so full of salt that its water could support the weight of the Japanese plane that came after them! So they don parachutes and descend to the lake itself, and walk ashore where they discover a hidden, secret Japanese aircraft hanger!
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, Slat, I got zero in my examination at school today!
Genre
humor
Characters
Fat [Fuller Phun]; Slat [Archibald Clubb]
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Indexer Notes

Comprised of three two-panel gags.

Fingers of Fate (Table of Contents: 13)

Minute Movies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

Genre
adventure; humor; drama
Characters
Kalua [Hazel Dearie]; Commander Nosabi [Ralph McSneer]; Lt. Charles Dangerfield [Dick Dare]; Sgt. Tim McGruff [Fuller Phun]; Gen. John March [Andrew Handy]
Synopsis
Lt. Dangerfield is back in Australia having been rescued from a tiny South Sea isle, where he met Kalua, his fiancee. He brought back a Japanese cruiser commander, who he turns over to Sgt. McGruff while the Lieutenant told his story to the General. Dangerfield's bailed out over the isle, and rescued by Kalua. Later the natives think he was some sort of god and put him on a throne as their leader. Later, he tended to his signal fire, and noticed a raft approaching and on it was the Japanese cruiser commander, who he took into custody. He was rescued and the General agreesto him marrying Kalua.
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Personality Day (Table of Contents: 14)

Wheelan Phoni-Tone News / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

Genre
humor
Characters
Mme. Rosa Rotunda; John W. Chillblain; Hazel Dearie; Loo Igloo
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The Scourge of the Seas (Table of Contents: 15)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall (credited)
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical
Characters
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor (his son); Donna Bonita; Virginia; Queen Bess [Elizabeth]; Thomas (a British sailor, introduction); the Spaniards (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
The Black Pirate and son Justin are walking along the beach when an English ship, unable to come ashore, fires a cannonball message to them, stating that the good Queen Bess needs their help immediately. Before they can see the Queen, they are told of a huge sea monster that has been causing havoc, so the duo agree to seek out the beast and destroy it.
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[The Adventure of "Luckless" Lenore] (Table of Contents: 16)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt (credited)
Inks
Lou Ferstadt (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; Lenore Lowell (introduction); Doon [J Dinwiddie Lowell] (villain, introduction); Doon's men [Midge; Tuffy; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Doiby is asked by a young lady for three autographs of his, which she will use to obtain one autograph of the Green Lantern. Investigating, the Emerald Crusader discovers that this woman's life is in real danger, and has been ever since she was born...from her own Uncle!
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents. Script credited to Ted Udall in this volume.

[Crime Takes the Count] (Table of Contents: 17)

Wildcat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Irwin Hasen (credited)
Inks
Irwin Hasen (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Joan Fortune (Ted Grant's girlfriend); Tiger Taffer (a boxer, introduction); Possum Pate (villain, Taffer's manager, introduction); Pate's girlfriend (villain, introduction); Pate's men (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Stretch succeeds in getting Ted Grant a match with Tiger Taffer, but is puzzled by the fact that Tiger's manager, Possum Pate, is betting a wad on Grant not being able to lick his fighter that night! And when Grant is kidnapped to prevent his appearance at the fight, Wildcat steps in to solve the dilemma.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents.

Fate and a Mule! (Table of Contents: 18)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller (credited as Jay Marr)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Tom Marlow; Joe Talbot; Jeff Minstro (villain)
Synopsis
Tom Marlow, a blacksmith in Gallway, had a brother-in-law, Joe Talbot, who believed that a fellow named Jeff Minstro had shot Tom's father, the town Sheriff, in the back during a riot, killing him. However, Joe was worried that Jeff would get off because seven of the jury members were Jeff's kinfolk. And free he did go. Tom knew that Jeff was guilty, but figured that fate or the law of averages would catch up with this guilty man. And it did.
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Indexer Notes

Scripter listed as "unknown" in this volume.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Scribbly / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)
Pencils
Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)
Inks
Sheldon Mayer (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Sheldon Mayer

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oboy! Home at last!!
Genre
humor
Characters
Scribbly Jibbet; Mrs. Jibbet (Scribbly's mother); Daphne; Sylvester
Synopsis
Scribbly returns home and decides to go and see his love interest, Daphne. Getting her candy and flowers, he sees her with Sylvester, who is decked out in his military uniform. Dejected, Scribbly is asked to attend a party by some friends: a party where he could meet girls, so he goes. Daphne is there with Sylvester, who is the center of attention. Scribbly gets mad and decides to have it out with Sylvester, and gets a black eye! His friends set a trap for Sylvester and gives Scribbly some tomatoes to throw at Sylvester...and throw them he does, then scatters for parts unknown.
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Indexer Notes

The bottom of pages 2-4 have a series of one panel cartoons titled "Why Big Brudders Leave Home," written, illustrated and lettered by Sheldon Mayer (under the name "Scribbly").

Crime's Birthday Party!! (Table of Contents: 20)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited) (signed as Gardner F. Fox)
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks
Lou Ferstadt (signed as E. E. Hibbard)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; District Attorney Morgan (introduction); Officer Kelley (introduction); Horseface (villain, introduction); Horseface's gang [Bats; rest unnamed] (villain, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Horseface tells his muggs that he plans to celebrate the D.A.'s birthday by turning himself in. In coming days, more "birthday" presents are delivered to the Police, baffling everyone. The D.A. and Jay Garrick are suspicious, so Flash notes that some of those presents present some major headaches to the law. Horseface's aim is to keep the Police on wild goose chases while his thugs clean out the town. Flash finally figures out what Horseface is up to and surprises him on his last job before he splits town. Horseface is captured and jailed...on his birthday, of all days.
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Indexer Notes

Art credited to Jon Chester Kozlak in this volume.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Harry (credited)
Inks
Frank Harry (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
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[Wanted by Hitler, Dead or Alive] (Table of Contents: 22)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
William Marston (credited)
Pencils
Frank Godwin (credited)
Inks
Frank Godwin (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; Fausta Grables [aka Rora Blank] (villain, a Nazi agent, introduction); The Council of Axis Chiefs [Spader; rest unnamed] (villains, a spy ring, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Diana Prince is sitting at her desk one day when a woman, Rora Blank, enters, posing as a reporter, and asks very personal questions about Wonder Woman. Sensing something is wrong, Diana refuses to answer questions, but Steve Trevor is taken in, not realizing the woman is a Nazi agent, Fausta Grables. She eventually steals Wonder Woman's costume and poses as her for an Army benefit show.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents.

The Haunted Tank (Table of Contents: 23)

Ghost Patrol / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall (credited)
Pencils
Frank Harry (credited)
Inks
Frank Harry (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Ghost Patrol [Fred; Slim; Pedro]; unnamed British Sergeant (introduction); unnamed British General (introduction); Fitzpatrick (British Army officer, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Professor Zimplepuss (villain, Hitler's astrologer, introduction); unnamed Nazi General (villain); Nazi soldiers (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis
Hitler's forces have created a super tank that carries a division of soldiers that can travel on land and in the sea. The Ghost Patrol must find a way to stop the tank before it successfully lands in America.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sol Hess (signed as Hess)
Pencils
Sol Hess (signed as Hess)
Inks
Sol Hess (signed as Hess)
Colors
?
Letters
Sol Hess

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say -- What are you fellows doin'?
Genre
humor
Characters
Simp O'Dill
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Simp O'Dill / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sol Hess (credited) (signed as Hess)
Pencils
Sol Hess (credited) (signed as Hess)
Inks
Sol Hess (credited) (signed as Hess)
Colors
?
Letters
Sol Hess

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Simp, we're moving today...
Genre
humor
Characters
Simp O'Dill; Pansy; Grandpa
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[They Wind Up in the Doghouse] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Black Pirate / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall (credited, signed)
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical
Characters
The Black Pirate [Jon Valor]; Justin Valor; Donna [Bonita] Valor; Virginia; a cloth merchant (introduction); two English women (introduction for both); Captain Gore (villain, introduction); Gore's men (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
At the request of his wife, Jon Valor makes a trip to the treasure-laden East to get her new dresses. He succeeds, but various events along the way heading back home leave Valor with no dresses.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents.

The Tin-Fish Bobsled (Table of Contents: 27)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer)
Pencils
Jon Blummer (illustration)
Inks
Jon Blummer (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; unnamed Eskimo tribal Chief (introduction); a group of pilots [Brown; Alpert; Sedges; Wernecki] (introduction for all); the crew of a Nazi raider (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Hop and a squadron of Douglas Devastators are on the way to Iceland to search out Nazi raiders, when a storm threatens, and forces all the planes to turn back...except Hop, who decides to continue on.
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Covered Caravan (Table of Contents: 28)

Minute Movies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

Genre
adventure; humor; drama
Characters
Sam Hill [Andrew Handy]; Lem Sharper [Ralph McSneer]; Sally Sue Hill [Blanche Rouge]; Zeke Skidmore [Fuller Phun]; Jed Hoskins [Dick Dare]
Synopsis
Sam Hill and his daughter are making their way to the Golden West when they are attacked by Indians.
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The "Corn" Doctors (Table of Contents: 29)

Fat and Slat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Wheelan

Genre
humor
Characters
Dr. Fat; Slat
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Indexer Notes

Consists of three, two-panel non-related humorous gag cartoons plus one panel pushing war bonds and stamps, from an idea provided by Private Eddie Sacks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Al Smith

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll never forget how cold it was...
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Reprints
  • US from Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 series) #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943), #2 (Spring 1943)
  • which are reprinted
    • from Mutt & Jeff daily (Bell Syndicate) ?

Indexer Notes

Story and art credited to "Bud Fisher with Al Smith" in this volume.

[A Star Is Born] (Table of Contents: 31)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Chester Kozlak (credited as Jon Chester Kozlak) (signed as C. Kozlak)
Inks
Chester Kozlak (credited as Jon Chester Kozlak) (signed as C. Kozlak)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Irene Miller; John Riley [aka Handsome John] (a Police detective, introduction); Chief of Detectives Brannigan (introduction); Pamela Larson (Hollywood Press Agent, introduction); Wilmer (photographer, introduction); Police Commissioner Leaffe (villain, introduction); Big Mike (villain, introduction); Mike's gang [Torpedo Tony; Shifty Spiro] (villains, introduction for both); three unnamed political bosses (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Green Lantern feverishly works on trying to solve a crime before Handsome John Riley can move in on his girl, Irene Miller.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents. Story titled "The Case of 'Handsome' John Riley" in the table of contents in this volume.

The Story behind the Bellyache (Table of Contents: 32)

Wildcat / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger (credited)
Pencils
Irwin Hasen (credited, signed)
Inks
Irwin Hasen (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wildcat [Ted Grant]; Stretch Skinner; Sock Smith (a restaurant owner and boxer, introduction); Hennessey (Police officer, introduction); Killer Hooke (villain, a restaurant owner and boxer, introduction); "Eats" Daly (villain, introduction); Daly's gang [Waxey; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Sock Smith decides to hang up his boxing gloves forever and open up his own restaurant, "The Glove." However, across the street is another restaurant owned by a former fighter, Killer Hooke, who doesn't like the prospect of competition and decides to do something about it. Wildcat must move in before something terrible can occur, and decides to match up the two former fighters in a winner-take-all match.
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He Saved the President -- Almost (Table of Contents: 33)

text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller (credited as Jay Marr)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Jackie Burton; Inspector Casey; Hennessey; 5th Columnists (villains)
Synopsis
Jackie Burton, second year student at Warren High, was out looking for scrap metal when he came across a couple of Hitler's Fifth Columnists, one of whom was murdered by the other for bungling an assignment. Staying in the shadows to avoid being seen, Jackie runs across a copper wire leading to fifteen sticks of dynamite located underneath a street over which the President would be soon traveling.
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Indexer Notes

Scripter listed as "unknown" in this volume.

Punk Junk (Table of Contents: 34)

Red, White and Blue / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Udall (credited)
Pencils
Joe Gallagher (credited, signed)
Inks
Joe Gallagher (credited, signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Red Dugan; Blooey Blue; Whitey Smith; Doris West; Schaeffer (villain, introduction); Japanese soldier (villain, splash only, introduction)
Synopsis
Blooey, trying to catch up with Red and Whitey, accidentally steps on a man's foot. When the man grabs Blooey around the neck, Red steps in and is challenged to a duel. Noting a junkman passing by, Red stops him and checks the wagon for weapons of some kind. Finding two sabres, a duel ensues, with Red winning. The junkman arrives at a house where the man who fought the duel resides, and we discover the men are Nazi spies, who then go out and attempt to kill our trio.
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The City on Wheels (Table of Contents: 35)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt (credited as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks
Lou Ferstadt (credited as E. E. Hibbard)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; John Bennett (introduction); Molly Bennett (John's wife, socialite, introduction); Billy "Knuckles" O'Grady (a boxer, introduction); Lil (O'Grady's girlfriend, introduction); Henry (a servant, introduction); Nicki Renaldi (business owner, introduction); Big Ben Dudley (villain, racketeer, introduction); Dudley's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
The city's subway system becomes the stage for four tense people, each fighting time and wanting to achieve turning points in their lives. The Flash and Joan decide to help all four achieve their goals.
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Indexer Notes

Art credited to "Everett Hibbard and Hal Sharp" in the table of contents in this volume.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Harry (credited)
Inks
Frank Harry (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]
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[The Invisible Invader] (Table of Contents: 37)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
William Marston (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter (credited as Harry G. Peter) (signed as H. G. Peter)
Inks
Harry Peter (credited as Harry G. Peter) (signed as H. G. Peter)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls [Bee Strong; rest unnamed]; Captain Eric Lander (introduction); a group of Nazi soldiers [Schmitt; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Steve shows Diana a newspaper announcement concerning the dedication ceremonies of a Global War Heroes monument that Wonder Woman is supposed to speak at. Wonder Woman is about to speak when the monument blows up, but mysteriously, as the debris clears, the monument is still intact, then disappears in a column of black smoke. Wonder Woman finally gets to the bottom of the mystery, when she comes face to face with Eric Lander, an American-born man of German descent, who has invented a silent, self-camouflaging space bomber that the Nazis intend to terrorize the U.S. with!
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Indexer Notes

Story title from original table of contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38)

Mutt and Jeff / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Pencils
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Inks
Al Smith (ghosted for Bud Fisher)
Colors
?
Letters
Al Smith

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whoopeee! That horse paid twenty to one!
Genre
humor
Characters
Mutt; Jeff
Synopsis
Mutt attends an auction to bid on an old family heirloom.
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The Guy Who Liked Bananas! (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Script
Gardner Fox (credited)
Pencils
Chester Kozlak (credited as Jon Chester Kozlak) (signed as CK)
Inks
Chester Kozlak (credited as Jon Chester Kozlak) (signed as CK)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
The King [King Standish]; The Witch; Bananas Dawson (villain, introduction, death); Dawson's gang [Killer; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all); "Big John" (villain, a mobster, introduction, in flashback)
Synopsis
Bananas brags to his prisoner, the Witch, and tells her how he got into the rackets, having been born in Satan's Basement on the east side, and spending his days swiping bananas, which then leads him to become a crime boss, thinking up crackerjack crimes that the King finds interesting. Unfortunately, bananas, which he likes so much, leads to his downfall.
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Master Sergeant Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero (Table of Contents: 40)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer) (signed)
Pencils
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer) (signed)
Inks
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer) (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon Blummer

Genre
non-fiction; war
Characters
Master Sergeant Meyer Levin [aka Mike] (death); Captain Colin P. Kelly (death); Sergeant William J. Delehanty (death)
Synopsis
The true story of Meyer Levin, war hero and bombadier, whose parents received the first Hop Harrigan Award For Flying Heroism.
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A Little Savage Revenge! (Table of Contents: 41)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer) (signed)
Pencils
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer) (signed)
Inks
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer) (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jon Blummer

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; un-named native Chief (introduction); the Japanese (villains, introduction for all, some die)
Synopsis
Hop and Tank are over the South Seas on a mission when they spot Japanese planes attacking a peaceful native outrigger canoe. Hop lands and rescues the native, but the Japanese see this and attack Hop's plane. Hop flees, but suddenly loses consciousness and wakes a prisoner of the natives, who are going to kill him and Tank. Suddenly, the Japanese air commander arrives on the scene and demands that Hop and Tank be turned over to him. Quick-thinking Tank turns the natives against the Japanese, who are attacked and beaten. Hop radios his own forces from one of the Zeros and is rescued.
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One-Way Ticket (Table of Contents: 42)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Evelyn Gaines (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery; romance
Characters
Nora (the housekeeper); Mr. Arnold (death); Joe Merwin (villain, fire inspector)
Synopsis
Nora gets a ticket to a performance at the Castle Theatre, so she dresses and says goodnight to her employer, Mr. Arnold. A shadowy figure: a dishonet fire inspector, pulls a gun on Arnold, kills him, then wipes the gun clean, making it appear a suicide. A Policeman sees Merwin jumps out a window, and fires at him, hitting him. Merwin is subdued, and asks how the Police knew he had killed Arnold. The Policeman showed him Nora, whose dress was burnt and singed from a fire at the Castle Theatre, and whom the Police were detailed to bring home. So it was Merwin himself who confessed to the crime.
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The Man Most Likely to Succeed (Table of Contents: 43)

Sargon the Sorcerer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Wentworth (credited)
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sargon [John Sargent]; Luke Brown (a lawyer, special prosecutor, introduction); unnamed Mayor (introduction); Al Tyrone (villain, introduction); Tyrone's mob (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Lawyer Luke Brown, once thought of as a person that was most likely to succeed, now considers himself a failure. He once refused to join the dreaded Tyrone mob, and ever since, Tyrone has frightened off clients left and right. But Sargon helps get Brown appointed as a prosecutor, and now Brown has the chance to nail the Tyrone mob and become the success he wants to be.
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Indexer Notes

Art credited to Howard Purcell in this volume.

The Minute Man Answers the Call (Table of Contents: 44)

public service announcement / 4 pages (report information)

Script
M. C. Gaines (credited, signed)
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy
Characters
Uncle Sam; General George Washington; General Charles Cornwallis
Synopsis
Throughout history, American men have been ready and willing at a moment's notice to stand and fight for this nation's freedom...a call now being accepted by a new generation of "minute men"! The story of how the Minuteman -- the citizen-soldier -- helped win the American Revolution, their spirit has watched over America's other battles against tyranny, and how that spirit lives on in 1943.
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The Bushmaster! (Table of Contents: 45)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Stan Asch (credited as Stan Aschmeier) (signed as Mart Nodell)
Inks
Stan Asch (credited as Stan Aschmeier) (signed as Mart Nodell)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles, Irene Miller; Doctor Davies (zoo curator, introduction); John Ames (inventor, introduction); The Bushmaster (villain, a Nazi spy, introduction, death); Bushmaster's mob [Miguel; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Someone has attempted to break into the reptile house at the city zoo, where very dangerous snakes are kept. John Ames tells Doiby and Irene that this occurred due to the actions of the Bushmaster, a Nazi spy who was chased out of South America and is now in town wanting Ames's formula for making balsa wood bullet proof.
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Balboa (Table of Contents: 46)

Picture Stories from History / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff (credited) (signed as Shelly)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; history
Characters
Vasco Nunez de Balboa; Ridrigo de Bastidas (outfitter); Hortado; Captain Ojeda (villain); Encisco (villain)
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Indexer Notes

The story of Vasco Nunez de Balboa is told, from the time that he was 17 years old in 1492, and until he named the South Sea (Pacific Ocean) and was made Governor of Panama.

Last of the Thunderbirds (Table of Contents: 47)

Hop Harrigan / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Jon Blummer (credited as Jon L. Blummer)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
aviation
Characters
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Charlie Thunderbird [Charlie T. Sharp] (death); Major Sharp; the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Major Sharp chews Hop out for going on a mission with an Apache Indian, Charlie Thunderbird, who is killed in the line of duty, and who displayed great heroism. The Major wants to award Charlie a medal and give it to the next of kin, but Hop replies he had no next of kin. After Hop leaves the office, Major Sharp sadly reaches into his desk drawer and pulls out a picture of Charlie Thunderbird in a silver frame with air wings at the bottom, and inscribed: "Apaches are warriors...warriors die young...your loving brother, Charlie T. Sharp!"
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The Laws of Pumpkin Center (Table of Contents: 48)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
Pencils
Lou Ferstadt (credited as E. E. Hibbard)
Inks
Lou Ferstadt (credited as E. E. Hibbard)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Pumpkin Center Sheriff (introduction); Pumpkin City residents (introduction for all); the Eel [Eels Madden] (villain, introduction); Eel's gang (villains, introduction for all); Ollie (villain, Eel's lawyer, introduction)
Synopsis
Eels Madden's gang a small hick town named Pumpkin Center, a town that has some very strange laws. Looking them over, Eel's brain devises a scheme to put those laws to his own advantage. As a result, the Flash and Joan, in town on other business, find it difficult to circumvent the law and bring the Eel to justice!
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Indexer Notes

Art credited to "Everett Hibbard and Harry Tschida" in the table of contents in this volume.

Biographies (Table of Contents: 49)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Bails (credited) (some biographical information); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
  3. 3. The Comic Cavalcade Archives Volume 1
  4. 4. Table of Contents
  5. 5. Foreword
  6. 6. [no title indexed]
    The Flash; Ghost Patrol; Green Lantern; Red, White and Blue; Scribbly; Wonder Woman
  7. 7. [The Mystery of the House of Seven Gables]
    Wonder Woman
  8. 8. [The Smell That Spelled J-A-I-L]
    Red, White and Blue
  9. 9. ["If Columbus had followed his original course..."]
    Flying Colors
  10. 10. [Hitler Is a Bum!]
    Ghost Patrol
  11. 11. Japanese Beetle Trouble
    Hop Harrigan
  12. 12. ["Say, Slat, I got zero in my examination at school today!"]
    Fat and Slat
  13. 13. Fingers of Fate
    Minute Movies
  14. 14. Personality Day
    Wheelan Phoni-Tone News
  15. 15. The Scourge of the Seas
    The Black Pirate
  16. 16. [The Adventure of "Luckless" Lenore]
    Green Lantern
  17. 17. [Crime Takes the Count]
    Wildcat
  18. 18. Fate and a Mule!
  19. 19. ["Oboy! Home at last!!"]
    Scribbly
  20. 20. Crime's Birthday Party!!
    The Flash
  21. 21. [no title indexed]
    The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman
  22. 22. [Wanted by Hitler, Dead or Alive]
    Wonder Woman
  23. 23. The Haunted Tank
    Ghost Patrol
  24. 24. ["Say -- What are you fellows doin'?"]
    Simp O'Dill
  25. 25. ["Simp, we're moving today..."]
    Simp O'Dill
  26. 26. [They Wind Up in the Doghouse]
    The Black Pirate
  27. 27. The Tin-Fish Bobsled
    Hop Harrigan
  28. 28. Covered Caravan
    Minute Movies
  29. 29. The "Corn" Doctors
    Fat and Slat
  30. 30. ["I'll never forget how cold it was..."]
    Mutt and Jeff
  31. 31. [A Star Is Born]
    Green Lantern
  32. 32. The Story behind the Bellyache
    Wildcat
  33. 33. He Saved the President -- Almost
  34. 34. Punk Junk
    Red, White and Blue
  35. 35. The City on Wheels
    The Flash
  36. 36. [no title indexed]
    The Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman
  37. 37. [The Invisible Invader]
    Wonder Woman
  38. 38. ["Whoopeee! That horse paid twenty to one!"]
    Mutt and Jeff
  39. 39. The Guy Who Liked Bananas!
    The King
  40. 40. Master Sergeant Meyer Levin, Bombardier and Hero
  41. 41. A Little Savage Revenge!
    Hop Harrigan
  42. 42. One-Way Ticket
  43. 43. The Man Most Likely to Succeed
    Sargon the Sorcerer
  44. 44. The Minute Man Answers the Call
  45. 45. The Bushmaster!
    Green Lantern
  46. 46. Balboa
    Picture Stories from History
  47. 47. Last of the Thunderbirds
    Hop Harrigan
  48. 48. The Laws of Pumpkin Center
    The Flash
  49. 49. Biographies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John Censullo
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore