(December 1940)

Centaur, 1940 Series
Price
0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Centaur Publications, Inc.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Masked Marvel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Binder (signed as Binder)
Inks
Jack Binder (signed as Binder)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Masked Marvel

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

Masked Marvel / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks
Ben Thompson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great to be going on a little vacation, eh, ZR?
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Masked Marvel; ZR; ZL

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

"Rip" Sawyer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Gilman (credited)
Inks
Sam Gilman (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Squint' Almgren, boss of the Coon Lumber Company...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Rip Sawyer

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

Masked Marvel / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks
Ben Thompson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Anton Roche, 'Public Enemy No. 1', is being taken to prison...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Masked Marvel; ZR; ZY; and ZL
Reprints

Jest Jokes (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Synopsis
2 pages of jokes with small illos

[Third Plane Crashes During Test Flight] (Table of Contents: 5)

Masked Marvel / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ben Thompson (signed)
Inks
Ben Thompson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Masked Marvel; ZR; ZY
Reprints

Indexer Notes

next app. in PROTECTORS #1 (Malibu)

Wings on Wheels (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron (credited as Eddy Herron)
Pencils
Jack Binder (credited)
Inks
Jack Binder (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As in days of old a covered wagon strikes out across the desert...
Genre
adventure

The Case of the Bolted Door (Table of Contents: 7)

Dean Denton / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Pencils
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Inks
Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dean Denton, America's foremost ventriloquist, has given up his stage, screen and radio career...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Dean Denton

Billy the Train Maker (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Pencils
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Inks
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Make a train water tower

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

Billy Olsen of the Coast Guard / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
R. C. Fuller (signed)
Pencils
R. C. Fuller (signed)
Inks
R. C. Fuller (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Billy's daring -- and brains -- help's [sic] to save U.S. shipping!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Billy Olsen

Play Square (Table of Contents: 10)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Elonka (credited as Stephen M. Elonka)
Pencils
Stephen Elonka (credited as Stephen M. Elonka)
Inks
Stephen Elonka (credited as Stephen M. Elonka)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
puzzle
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Masked Marvel
  2. 1. ["Great to be going on a little vacation, eh, ZR?"]
    Masked Marvel
  3. 2. ["'Squint' Almgren, boss of the Coon Lumber Company..."]
    "Rip" Sawyer
  4. 3. ["Anton Roche, 'Public Enemy No. 1', is being taken to prison..."]
    Masked Marvel
  5. 4. Jest Jokes
  6. 5. [Third Plane Crashes During Test Flight]
    Masked Marvel
  7. 6. Wings on Wheels
  8. 7. The Case of the Bolted Door
    Dean Denton
  9. 8. Billy the Train Maker
  10. 9. ["Billy's daring -- and brains -- help's [sic] to save U.S. shipping!"]
    Billy Olsen of the Coast Guard
  11. 10. Play Square
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)