Prize Comics #v1#7 (7)

(December 1940)

[The Whistler] (Table of Contents: 1)

Black Owl / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby; Joe Simon ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon (sourced); Al Avison (sourced); Al Gabriele (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Owl [Doug Danville]; The Whistler (first appearance, villain); Arnold Goodrich (first appearance); Excalibur (first appearance, King Arthur's sword)

Synopsis

Black Owl gains full costume.

Reprints

• in The Complete Jack Kirby (Pure Imagination, 1997 series) #[2] - 1940-1941 (1997) [[2]]
• in The Simon and Kirby Library (Titan, 2010 series) #[nn] - Superheroes (October 2010)

[The Origin of Dr. Frost] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. Frost / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Steele

Pencils

Ben Thompson

Inks

Ben Thompson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Dr. Frost (first appearance, origin); Vulcan (first appearance, villain)

[Air Race of Death] (Table of Contents: 3)

Ted O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ted O'Neil; Smith (first appearance, villain)

New Adventures of Frankenstein (Table of Contents: 4)

Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer (credited as Frank N. Stein)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (credited as Frank N. Stein)

Inks

Dick Briefer (credited as Frank N. Stein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Frankenstein (origin) (first appearance, the monster); Victor Frankenstein (first appearance, the monster's creator); Betty (first appearance)

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #18 (1999)
which is reprinted
• in Golden-Age Treasury (AC, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #[1] - Dick Briefer's Frankenstein ([August] 2010)
• in Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (March 2022) [Reprints the title page.]

Indexer Notes

Suggested by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel, but set in New York City, circa 1930.

[The Gas Killers] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Green Lama / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ken Crossen

Pencils

Mac Raboy

Inks

Mac Raboy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lama [Jethro Dumont] (first appearance in comics); Dr. Kew (first appearance, villain, death)

Indexer Notes

Green Lama (Jethro Dumont) was introduced in the pulp magazine Double Detective (Frank A. Munsey, Co., 1937 series) v5#5 (April 1940).

[Origin of Captain Gallant] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Gallant / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Grieg Chapian

Inks

Grieg Chapian

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Gallant [Jon Gallant] (first appearance, origin); Captain Sly (first appearance, villain); Captain Morgue (first appearance, villain)

Indexer Notes

Inspired by Captain Blood.

[Task No. 1] (Table of Contents: 7)

Twist Turner / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Irving Roir (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Al Ross (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Ben Roth (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Salo (credited as The Four Roth Bros.)

Pencils

Irving Roir (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Al Ross (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Ben Roth (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Salo (credited as The Four Roth Bros.)

Inks

Irving Roir (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Al Ross (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Ben Roth (credited as The Four Roth Bros.); Salo (credited as The Four Roth Bros.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Twist Turner (first appearance); The "99" Club (first appearance); Toni (first appearance); Hag Malone (first appearance, villain, death)

The Trigger Kid (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Turner (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

[Crashing the Concentration Camp] (Table of Contents: 9)

Great Voodini / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer ?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Voodini (first appearance); Nikki (first appearance); The Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

Voodini speaks his magic words drawkcab (backward).

[Journey to 1940] (Table of Contents: 10)

Power Nelson / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Norris ?

Inks

Paul Norris ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Power Nelson; Otto Schnitzle (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis

Power Nelson is sent back in time to 1940.