Amazing Man Comics #17

(November 1940)

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

Stamps / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

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Numerous countries have vanished in the past...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Page also includes indicia.

Biggest Dime's Worth of Thrills (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Synopsis

Promo for Sure-Fire Comics and Super-Mystery Comics.

Indexer Notes

Also inside front cover.

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

Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Allen L. Kirby

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Lew Glanzman

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Lew Glanzman

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Look that girl is fainting!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson; Great Question; Operative Eight-Six (Great Question's agent); Slim (cowboy); Chuck (cowboy); Black Bull (renegade native); Joe Weltners (rancher)

Synopsis

The Great Question seeks to destroy the oil fields in Wyoming but the Amazing Man intervenes to stop his henchmen.

Keywords

Amazing Man's plane; amnesia; Cheyenne; Custer; green mist; nitroglycerin; oil fields; television; Tibet; Wyoming

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

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Verral ?

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John Kolb (credited as John F. Kolb)

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John Kolb (credited as John F. Kolb)

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Come here, Ritty, we have some mail.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Minimidget; Ritty; Sam Reagan (Texan rancher)

Synopsis

Minimidget and Ritty help their friend Sam stop cattle thieves at his ranch.

Keywords

lumbago; midget plane; Texas

Indexer Notes

Charles Verral has a Minimidget writing credit for 1941 in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Is there any data to suggest THIS story is by him?

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

Iron Skull / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Sam Gilman ?

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Sam Gilman (signed)

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Sam Gilman (signed)

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Arriving at the airplane factory, the Iron Skull...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iron Skull; Moose; Chuck Lemerise; Al Avison; Professor Edmunds; Peep Eckley (guide)

Synopsis

Moose quits Avison's employ and assist Iron Skull in pursuing Avison's gang to Peru to prevent them from raiding an Incan site. Avison tries to rile up natives into killing Iron Skull but his invulnerable body causes the natives to take him for a god.

Keywords

Incas; Peru; puma

Shanghied! (Table of Contents: 6)

Rocke Wayburn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre

adventure

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Rocke Wayburn; Thad Burns [Rocke's friend]; Walrus Blake [smuggler]; John [sailor]; Molly Burns [Thad's wife]

Synopsis

Rocke finds his friend Thad has been shanghaied by Walrus Blake. Rocke infiltrates the crew and leads a rebellion against Blake. Blake had been smuggling dope inside crates of silk.

Keywords

Barnaby Gull; dope; drugs; San Francisco; smuggling

Midnight Deadline (Table of Contents: 7)

Amazing-Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Duke Carey (credited) (house name)

Pencils

Sam Glanzman (signed as Glanz) (illustrations)

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Sam Glanzman (signed as Glanz) (illustrations)

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson

Synopsis

While going on vacation to Bermuda John Aman solves a murder committed using poison.

Keywords

Bermuda; green mist; Tropical Garden; Zobri Island

Indexer Notes

Duke Carey is likely a pen-name.

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Doctor Hypno / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Thomas ?

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Frank Thomas (signed)

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Frank Thomas (signed)

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Wun. Change that radio program!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doctor Hypno; Wun; Scotty (zookeeper, dies)

Synopsis

After a gorilla murders 22 people in a scheme inspired by Poe's 'Murders in the Rue Morgue,' Dr. Hypno places his mind inside another gorilla in order to capture the killer animal. The first gorilla had been set free by Scotty, who commits suicide.

Keywords

Claxon Arms Apartments; gorillas

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Mighty Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Martin Filchock ?

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Martin Filchock (signed)

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Martin Filchock (signed)

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Hey old timer! You have a bite!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mighty Man (poses as Pat O'Riley); Jim Boyl (dead man)

Synopsis

Mighty Man breaks up a mob who have been insuring people then killing them with Brazilian poison in order to collect on the policies.

Keywords

insurance fraud; thought suggestion

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The Shark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Lew Glanzman ?

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Lew Glanzman (signed)

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Lew Glanzman (signed)

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He walks over to a telephone.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shark; Eric (gunman); Father Neptune; Joe Shapiro (also as Jean Vigee-Le Brun)

Synopsis

Using his new ability to walk on water the Shark battles a birdman. The birdman reveals himself to be scientist Jean Vigee-Le Brun, who shares his formula with the Shark. Then Eric kills Jean. Then Eric reveals Jean is actually his boss Joe Shapiro and isn't dead. Then Joe explains he hypnotized the Shark and virtually everything he saw was a trick.

Keywords

hypnosis; octopus; television

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Reef Kinkaid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Lubbers (signed)

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Bob Lubbers (signed)

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Bob Lubbers (signed)

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We know that this knife was carved from pure gold...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Reef Kinkaid; Dr. Lang; Marian Lang; Kobo (jungle guide); Alligator-Men (costumed men); Torrga

Synopsis

Reef and his friends return to the jungles of Brazil to learn where a golden knife originated from. They discover men dressed as alligators who try to sacrifice Marian to a pit of alligators. Reef saves Marian and they find a huge deposit of gold.

Keywords

alligators; bear; Brazil; gold; jaguar; Piratez

Were You Born in November (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Joseph Kaliff ?

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Joseph Kaliff (signed)

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Joseph Kaliff (signed)

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Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Marie Antoinette; Daniel Boone; Robert Fulton; Joe Dimaggio; Mark Twain

Synopsis

Facts about people born in November.

This Beautiful Desk for only $1 (Table of Contents: 13)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for a desk and typewriter from Remington.

Boys! Girls! Have You Seen Our New 1945 Catalog? (Table of Contents: 14)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Ad for novelties from Johnson Smith & Company.

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.