(August 1941)
Centaur,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Corporation of America
- Editing
- Joseph Hardie (uncredited)
Issue Notes
August, 1941. Number 3. Liberty Scouts Comics is published bi-monthly by Comic Corporation of America, 215 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter February 20, 1941 at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Single copies 10c (15c in Canada). Yearly subscription 60c in the U. S. A. (other countries 85c). Copyright, 1941, by Comic Corporation of America. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U. S. A.
This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00
Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Liberty Scouts / comic story / 15 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hearby swear in each of you as a special U. S. agent
- Genre
- adventure; military
- Characters
- Liberty Scouts [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry]; Mr. P. Henry (the Scouts' father); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
On Guard!
Liberty Guards Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Liberty Guards [Smokey Henry; Skipper Henry; Strut Henry] (renamed from Liberty Scouts)
- Synopsis
- Letter explaining that the team and magazine name are changing to the Liberty Guards and Liberty Guards Comics respectively due to the characters' uniforms not being Scout uniforms and because the Boy Scouts of America were concerned that readers may think the magazine was being published by them.
[no title indexed]
Life at Its Worst / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Pencils
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Inks
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I demand a recount!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Four single-panel humor cartoons. According to Jerry Bails' Who's Who, Ray Houlihan scripted his fillers and his other Centaur stories.
[no title indexed]
Man of War [Centaur] / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mighty Mars, god of war, dissatisfied with the progress of the aggressor...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Man of War; Karl Steel
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
Henry Andrews disputes the previous Paul Gustavson pencils/inks credit here. While a number of Man of War's poses are similar, compared to the previous story the faces are different, the figures are less detailed and fluid, and the action is less dynamic. The flaming sword is rendered with a different effect, the explosion marking Man of War's appearance is less detailed, and the ink line is much heavier throughout the story.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. confirms via email that this is definitely not Paul Gustavson, nor any Gustavson that he knows.
[no title indexed]
Vapo-Man / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sam Gilman (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Gilman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Purple plague hits defence industries in U.S.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Vapo-Man [Bradford Cole]; Chief of Defence Enright
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
Midnight Mantrap
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner (credited)
- Pencils
- Lew Glanzman (signed as Glantzman) (spot illustration)
- Inks
- Lew Glanzman (signed as Glantzman) (spot illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bamboo-strip curtains whispered....
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- First Grade Detective Ray Steele; China Chasrlie
[no title indexed]
Red Riley of the Harbor Police / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Robert Turner (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Lubbers (signed as
Bob Lubbers) - Inks
- Bob Lubbers (signed as Bob Lubbers)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Introducing Red Riley, the hard-boiled fighting officer...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Red Riley (introduction); Karp (villain)
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
[no title indexed]
The Sentinel / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 1783! The American Revolution has been won!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sentinel (introduction, origin); The Spirit of America; Fritz (Nazi); Otto Rader (Nazi Spy-Chief in America)
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
[no title indexed]
The Fire-Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll admit I don't know a thing about a car
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fire-Man [Jim]; Nancy
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
Jerry Bails' Who's Who confirms that Filchock scripted his Fire-Man stories.
[no title indexed]
Dopey Danny Day / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)
- Inks
- Lew Glanzman (signed as Lew Glanz)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What're ya' doin Dopey?
- Genre
- adventure; humor
- Characters
- Dopey Danny Day; Izzy
Indexer Notes
next appearance in Man of War Comics (Centaur, 1941 series) #1
Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.
Amazing Airmen / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joseph Kaliff (signed as Joseph A. Kaliff)
- Pencils
- Joseph Kaliff (signed as Joseph A. Kaliff)
- Inks
- Joseph Kaliff (signed as Joseph A. Kaliff)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation; biography
- Characters
- Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.
Indexer Notes
Jerry Bails' Who's Who confirms that Kaliff scripted his own fillers.
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Liberty Scouts -
1.
This Beautiful Desk for only $1.00
Remington Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter -
2.
["I hearby swear in each of you as a special U. S. agent"]
Liberty Scouts -
3.
On Guard!
Liberty Guards Comics -
4.
["I demand a recount!"]
Life at Its Worst -
5.
["Mighty Mars, god of war, dissatisfied with the progress of the aggressor..."]
Man of War [Centaur] -
6.
["Purple plague hits defence industries in U.S."]
Vapo-Man -
7.
Midnight Mantrap
-
8.
["Introducing Red Riley, the hard-boiled fighting officer..."]
Red Riley of the Harbor Police -
9.
["1783! The American Revolution has been won!"]
The Sentinel -
10.
["I'll admit I don't know a thing about a car"]
The Fire-Man -
11.
["What're ya' doin Dopey?"]
Dopey Danny Day -
12.
Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.
Amazing Airmen -
13.
You Too Can Be a Liberty Guard!
Liberty Guards
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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