Super-Mystery Comics
#v1#4
(November 1940)
Ace Magazines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-09-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- Robert Turner (uncredited)
Issue Notes
Robert Turner claims to have edited this issue and to have written the majority of the stories.
No editor credited; previous indexer thought A. A. Wynn edited this issue.
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. 4.
No editor credited; previous indexer thought A. A. Wynn edited this issue.
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. 4.
Lastest Weapons of Science in the Battle Against Crime
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Magno the Magnetic Man / comic story / 13 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish you hadn't tagged along, Davey.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Magno; Davey [Davey Landis](Magno's aide, introduction, origin, appears in all stories hereafter); Carole Landis (Davey's sister, introduction)
[no title indexed]
Sky Smith / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sky Smith, flying adventurer, has been called to the wilds of Alaska...
[no title indexed]
Vulcan / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This forest fire is spreading.
- Characters
- Vulcan
[no title indexed]
Black Spider / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lawyer John Garrick, friend of D. A. Ralph Nelson...
[no title indexed]
Q-13 / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Matching wits with spies, anarchists, and killers...
[no title indexed]
Captain Gallant / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Captain Gallant, in special diving equipment...
- Characters
- Captain Gallant (not a super-hero; Intro)
The Claw Returns!
The Claw / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939) #6 (September 1940). The artwork is from the cover of that issue.
The Worm Turns
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- "Softy" Jones; "Bull" Dugan (villain)
- Synopsis
- Softy Jones won't let bullies steal his copy of Sure-Fire Comics.
- Reprints
-
in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999 series) #121 (November 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
From scanned copy.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["As Davey strained against the idol's death clutch, Magno smashed the mad killers"]
Magno -
1.
Lastest Weapons of Science in the Battle Against Crime
-
2.
["I wish you hadn't tagged along, Davey."]
Magno the Magnetic Man -
3.
["Sky Smith, flying adventurer, has been called to the wilds of Alaska..."]
Sky Smith -
4.
["This forest fire is spreading."]
Vulcan -
5.
["Lawyer John Garrick, friend of D. A. Ralph Nelson..."]
Black Spider -
6.
The Mustang Men
-
7.
["Matching wits with spies, anarchists, and killers..."]
Q-13 -
8.
["Captain Gallant, in special diving equipment..."]
Captain Gallant -
9.
The Claw Returns!
The Claw -
10.
The Worm Turns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jochen G.
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Len Wolinsky
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