Amazing Man Comics #21

(March 1941)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed)

Inks

Sam Glanzman [as Sam Decker] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gifted with super-human strength and many mystic powers...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Zona Henderson (Aman's assistant); The Great Question (villain); Question's followers (villains); giant mechanical man (villain)

Synopsis

Aman and Zona head for the island of Martinez where an earthquake had occurred after strange ships were reported there. Unknown to them, the Great Question knows they are heading there and seeks to beat them to that location so that he can use a new type of weapon on Aman called the energy dome.

Keywords

energy dome; Martinez; Tibet

Indexer Notes

Title and character information from Lou Mougin, June 2009.

Art revision from Lew to Sam Glanzman by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Sam Decker was a pen-name used separately or in tandem by brothers Lew and Sam Glanzman. Sam is believed to have done the cover to this issue, as it is signed "Glanz", which Sam often used when he drew art and apparently Lew did not. Also the issue was published in 1941 after Lew had left the feature. The art on Aman also appears to be the same as the cover art.

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

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John F. Kolb (signed)

Pencils

John F. Kolb (signed)

Inks

John F. Kolb (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To prove their friendship for Kitty Myers and Tom O'Brien...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Minimidget; Ritty; Kitty Waters; Tom O'Brien; Biff Conners (mention only, death); James Morgan (villain, Tom's boss); Morgan's assistant (reformed villain, death)

Synopsis

Minimidget and Ritty agree to help Tom O'Brien, who has been charged with the murder of Biff Conners. Minimidget smells all the makings of a frame-up as it seems that Tom was given a package to deliver (which was empty) to the office, found Conners dead, and then was promptly arrested for murder.

Indexer Notes

Title and art credit from Lou Mougin, June 2009.

The Who's Who does not indicate Kolb writing this feature, but Wikipedia indicates that he did.

The Case of Insane Mystic Knights of Bagdad (Table of Contents: 3)

Doctor Hypno / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Thomas [as F. Thomas] (signed)

Pencils

Frank Thomas [as F. Thomas] (signed)

Inks

Frank Thomas [as F. Thomas] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Doctor Hypno; Gladys Glammer (actress); The Great Sultan (villain); Mystic Knights of Bagdad (villains)

Synopsis

Dr. Hypno is kidnapped at gunpoint and taken to see the Great Sultan, who has sedated an actress whom he wishes to have for a wife: providing the good doctor will perform brain surgery on her to insure that she will marry the Sultan.

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Reef Kinkaid / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Lubbers ?; Charles Verral ?

Pencils

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Inks

Bob Lubbers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Halt!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Reef Kinkaid; Ahkmed (Reef's assistant); German Naval Commander (villain, death); German sailors (villains, all die)

Synopsis

Reef and Ahkmed are out sailing when they are suddenly attacked by a submarine, all over sealed orders from a foreign government discovered by Reef and sent off to Washington D.C..

Keywords

Venezuela

Uncle Trouble (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Duke Carey (credited)

Pencils

Sam Glanzman [as Glanz] (signed) (spot illustrations)

Inks

Sam Glanzman [as Glanz] (signed) (spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Police Captain John Renken; Zona Henderson; Burke Korlan [also as Uncle Murtry Higgins] (villain); Korlan's mob (villains)

Synopsis

Captain Renken informs Aman that the Chief has ordered Police to guard Miss Henderson, whom they suspect is to be kidnapped in order to hinder Aman's war on crime. The Police Captain further believes that this gang is controlled by the Great Question.

Keywords

Jungle Club

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Dash Dartwell, The Human Meteor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Henry Taylor [as Taylor] (signed)

Inks

Henry Taylor [as Taylor] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dash! What was it?

Genre

adventure; superhero

Characters

Dash Dartwell (introduction, origin); Dr. Drew Moss (Professor of Bio-Chemistry, introduction); Lois Moss (daughter of Dr. Moss, introduction); Coach Stone (of Dravrah University, introduction); Butch (villain, introduction); five un-named gangsters (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Young Dash Dartwell, a scrub track athlete for Dravrah University, agrees to take Metalo-Tablets, invented by Professor Moss, a bio-chemistry teacher at the college, to see what effects it would have on the human body. When three of Dravrah's star track members are kidnapped by crooks, Dash is allowed to participate in the Elay Relays and sets three world records in three events, and culminates the day by capturing the six dangerous criminals responsible for the kidnappings.

Keywords

Dravrah University; Metabo Catalyst; Sports Review

Indexer Notes

Interesting note: if one spells the names of the two colleges running in the relays backwards, you have: "Harvard" (Dravrah) and "Yale" (Elay).

The signature, Harry Francis Campbell, signed on the splash page, is a by-line only for this issue. Campbell DID illustrate this story, in different form, in The Arrow #3, which is not a true reprint, as Taylor's illustrations in this issue are totally different from Campbell's work in The Arrow version. The captions have also, in most instances, been re-worded in The Arrow version, although the plot is basically the same. (notes added by Craig Delich)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Amazing Mighty-Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Martin Filchock

Pencils

Martin Filchock

Inks

Martin Filchock

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Recently the Mighty Man met up with a super-criminal called the Witch!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Mighty-Man [Scott Pearson]; The Chemist; The Witch (villain); Witch's henchmen [Buff; other un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Mighty-Man had been engaging a criminal for some time called the Witch, whom he always let go so that he could round up the minions who did her bidding. However he is puzzled when she suddenly drops out of sight, so he decides to investigate why she has apparently halted her criminal activities.

Indexer Notes

Title and character information from Lou Mougin, June 2009.

[It's another? Ghost ship!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Shark / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Pencils

Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Inks

Lew Glanzman [as Lew Glanz] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shark (son of Father Neptune); un-named Governor; Doctor Von Snipe (villain, death, cameo); masked man (villain); Toag (villain)

Synopsis

The Shark looks into a strange situation: since the death of Dr. Snipe, there have been a number of ships and boats sailing into port without their men or cargos. He encounters a strange masked man whose weapon emits a gas that eats away the flesh of a person, but leaving the rest under contol of this master criminal.

Indexer Notes

Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.

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

Album of Famous Animals / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Roy Humphries (signed)

Inks

Roy Humphries (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Barney (an elephant); Prince (a lion); Clyde Beatty

Indexer Notes

Script revision from Humphries to ? by Craig Delich.

Two illustrated featurettes on famed animals that did amazing things.

[Origin of T.N.T.] (Table of Contents: 10)

T.N.T / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Gormley (signed)

Inks

Dan Gormley (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

T.N.T. [Treve N. Thorndyke] (scientist, inventor, introduction, origin); Deame (young boy); Gimp Jackson (villain, underworld czar); Jackson's men [Sweatnose (death); Buggzy [aka Buggsy]; Marshy; rest un-named] (villains)

Synopsis

Hearing that a boy has been kidnapped, T.N.T., armed with his Atom Gun, heads out to retrieve the boy and round up his kidnappers.

Keywords

Atom Gun

Indexer Notes

Title and character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.

An Amazing Man...Michel Nostradams (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joseph A. Kaliff (signed)

Pencils

Joseph A. Kalliff (signed)

Inks

Joseph A. Kalliff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

biography

Characters

Michel Nostradamus (French astrologer); Napoleon Bonaparte; Oliver Cromwell; General Charles DeGualle (sic DeGaulle)

Indexer Notes

Data from Jerry Bails index cards and Howard Keltner's Golden Age index.

Script credit by Craig Delich.

Illustrated biography of Nostradamus and some of his predictions.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)