The Arrow #1

(October 1940)

Announcing the Sensational New Daisy Red Ryder Carbine (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

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

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You guys certainly have more nerve than brains...don't you?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; District Attorney Nolan; unnamed crooked Judge (villain); The Boss [Dutch Henson] (villain, death); Henson's henchmen [Trigger; rest unnamed] (villains, some die)

Synopsis

The Boss kidnaps the District Attorney, primarily because he was tough on his boys over the years, and intends on rubbing him out.....until the Arrow steps in.

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the 5th Arrow story.

The splash panel and all of page five displays the Arrow in a yellow costume, not red.

Letterer credit courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Daring Escape (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson (signed as Gustavson)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; Judge J. Thomas Gordon; Jane Gordon (the Judge's daughter); gas station attendant; Bendix (villain); group of convicts [Curley; rest unnamed] (villains); Rogers (villain)

Synopsis

Bendix and a group of criminals escape from the State Penitentiary and head for the city where they hope to track down the Judge that sent them up the river. But the Arrow is already on to their plans and deals with him in his own way.

Reprints

• from Funny Pages (Centaur, 1938 series) #v3#2 (March 1939), #v3#3 (April 1939)

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the 6th Arrow story.

Dragon's Face Bank Robbers (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson (signed as P. Gustavson)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Arrow [Ralph Payne]; The Dragon's Face Gang [The Boss; Smiley; Trigger; Wong] (villains, banker robbers)

Synopsis

The Dragon's Face Gang has robbed the National Bank and are making their getaway, but hot on their trail is the Arrow, who stifles their flight to South America and into the hands of the Coast Guard.

Reprints

• from Funny Pages (Centaur, 1938 series) #v3#4 (June 1939)

Keywords

Chinatown

Indexer Notes

Reprint of the 7th Arrow story.

[Killer Hogan] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dan Savage of the Mounted / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Kolb (signed)

Pencils

John Kolb (signed)

Inks

John Kolb (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dan Savage (member of the RCMP); Mary (Savage's girl); Devil (Savage's horse); unnamed Chief of the RCMP; Blackie (villain); Tom (villain); Killer Hogan (villain, a murderer); Slate (villain, a murderer)

Synopsis

After breaking up a fight between Blackie and Tom, Savage is called by his chief and informed that two killers, being brought back by a Corporal McKay, have escaped and are heading his way.

Reprints

• from ?

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Craig Delich

Signals in the Sky (Table of Contents: 6)

Rip Burns / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock (signed)

Pencils

Martin Filchock (signed)

Inks

Martin Filchock (signed); George Filchock (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Rip Burns; Johnson (kidnapped youngster); Oscar (a skunk); Butch (villain, kidnapper); Joe (villain, kidnapper)

Synopsis

A pair of thugs kidnap a young boy, but the boy uses his talents and intellect to find a way to tip off Rip Burns of his peril by the use of a kite and Morse Code.

Reprints

• from ?

Date with Death (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Larrie May (credited)

Pencils

Roy Humphries (signed as R. H.) (spot illustrations)

Inks

Roy Humphries (signed as R. H.) (spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Richard Archibald Ward [aka Dick Ward] (detective); Police Chief O'Connor; Walter Gilmore (factory owner); Joe Scarelli mob [Bob Crawley; Jack Nanetti; others unnamed] (villains)

Synopsis

Dick is called in by the chief and alerted that the remaining two members of the old Scarelli mob have surfaced and have been raising havoc for the police by pushing narcotics in factories in town.

Reprints

• from Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#11 (December 1938)

Indexer Notes

Artist credits by Craig Delich

Page two of the text story has the Statement of Ownership. The interesting part is that it is the statement of ownership of Star Comics.

The Poison of the Jungle Flower (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Pencils

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Inks

Claire S. Moe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

un-named crystal gazer (death); Ann (actress); Nils (actor); ship's captain; ship's mate (death); Jones; Stero (pseudo villain, film director); Kailo (villain, assistant to Stero)

Synopsis

A film director, getting ready to take his cast to Africa to film a movie, is notified that a crystal gazer, performing at his home, died in the middle of a seance. Unknown to the cast members, the director and his assistant have in their possession a strange jungle goddess that can bring death.

Indexer Notes

Script credit by Craig Delich

Death from the Skies (Table of Contents: 9)

Terry Conaway / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harold Hughes (signed)

Inks

Harold Hughes (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Conaway; ship's Captain; "Pinky" Dallas (villain); "Rat" Halloran (villain); Joe Gabiccano (villain); Cutey (villain)

Synopsis

Terry is ordered by his boss to take a trip on a luxury ship bound for Bermuda and keep his eyes open since some $450,000 worth of gems are on board. And, sure enough, Terry spots three known criminals on board, and, getting no help from the ship's Captain, decides to forstall the jewel thieves escape, but gets blamed for the crime in the process.

Keywords

The Queen of India (a ship)

Indexer Notes

Two of the criminals die in the story, but it's hard to ascertain which ones they are.

Storyline continues in the next story.

Pursuit (Table of Contents: 10)

Terry Conaway / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harold Hughes (signed)

Inks

Harold Hughes (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Conaway; ship's Captain; Fritz (ship's sailor); Gabby (villain); Von Helsinger (villain, international jewel thief); Von Helsinger's assistants [Blackie; other un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Having the rest of the jewel thieves in custody aboard ship, Terry learns that a notorious international jewel thief still awaits their return with the gems they were supposed to have purloined aboard ship. Terry gets permission from the Captain to use the ship's motor launch to go after this man. Arriving at the island in question, they discover the crook has made a getaway in a sloop and take a plane after him, and round him up.

Reprints

• from Funny Picture Stories (Centaur, 1938 series) #v3#2 (March 1939)

Keywords

The Queen of India (a ship)

Indexer Notes

Story line continues from the previous story in this issue.

Shoot the Ump! (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; sports

Reprints

• from ?

Indexer Notes

Five separate gags about baseball umpires.

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