Bulletman
#2
(Fall 1941 (August 15-November 15, 1941))
Fawcett,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Ed Herron ? (editor); Wilfred Fawcett (credited as W. H. Fawcett Jr.) (president); Eliott D. Odell (credited) (advertising director); Roscoe Fawcett (credited as Roscoe K. Fawcett) (circulation director); Ralph Daigh (credited) (managing editor); Al Allard (credited) (art director)
Issue Notes
The indicia indicated that this issue was dated Fall 1941 (August 15 to November 15, 1941), and was Volume 1 #2.
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 1. Class B periodical. Page 286. Copyright registration number B 509974.
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 1. Class B periodical. Page 286. Copyright registration number B 509974.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art credits revised from Charles Sultan to Mac Raboy by Craig Delich January 27, 2010 and verified by Bill Black.
The Backstage Killer!!!!
Bulletman / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Clark Wagner (actor, death); Mat Benson (actor); Miss La Verne (actress, death); un-named theatre manager; The Hunchback [Dennis Mills, aka Winthrop; aka Hunchy] (villain, introduction, not the hero from WOW Comics)
- Synopsis
- Susan, Jim, and Sergeant Kent attend the theatre one evening, and when the curtain rises, one of the actors is discovered dead. After a series of these murders, the Bullet Duo investigates and track down the real killer, known as Hunchy.
- Reprints
-
in Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 (1941)
-
- Keywords
- Blasco Theatre; The New York Press Guardian
[no title indexed]
Chubby / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Chubby; Kelly (truant officer)
- Synopsis
- Chubby and his pal play truant from school, avoiding the truant officer at every turn, not realizing school is out for the summer!
- Reprints
- in Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 (1941)
-
- Keywords
- Mac McDoogles Pond
The Case of the Limping Mummy!
Bulletman / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Mr. Benhurst (president of a museum); Johnson (museum employee); McCoy (a policeman); The Limping Mummy [Jason Hilder] (villain, supposed Editor of the Daily Pop-Off, introduction); Louie the Lifter (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Some crooks decide to heist the prize Ruby of Ankor, but a dying guard reveals that the ruby and other gems from Ankor were stolen by a limping mummy!
- Reprints
- in Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 (1941)
-
- Keywords
- Daily Pop-Off; Jewels of Ankor
Time Hangs Heavy
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Carl Formes (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (spot illustration)
- Inks
- ? (spot illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Sheriff Luke Allen; Sims Nelson (death); Zeb Smithers (town committeeman); Sam Henlon (town committeeman); Ed Johnson (town committeeman); Slinky Logan (undertaker); Rance Benton (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- With three Sheriffs dead in the ground, the town council decides on making Luke Allen the new Sheriff, a very unlikely candidate and a man whom outlaw Rancy Benton merely laughs at...but not for long!
- Reprints
- in Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 (1941)
-
- Keywords
- Bannock County; Crystal Palace Saloon
The Man Without a Face
Bulletman / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Casey (Policeman); Judge Malcolm (death); Milestone (chief juror, death); The Man Without a Face [James "Scar" Malone; aka Killer Malone] (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- A convicted murderer vows death to the judge and members of the jury after his conviction, and his escape from the courtroom worries Bulletman enough to look into the matter.
- Reprints
- in Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 (1941)
-
- Keywords
- The Press
[Brute Morgan's Protection Racket]
Bulletman / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Bulletgirl [Susan Kent]; Sergeant Kent; Brute Morgan (villain, Northside "protective" King, introduction, death); Brute's gang [Louie; Butch; others un-named] (villains, introduction for all); un-named Southside racketeer (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Brute Morgan is tired of other racketeers muscling in on his territory, so he decides to get even with them.
- Reprints
- in Xmas Comics (Fawcett, 1941 series) #1 (1941)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Bulletman -
1.
Thrills Galore!
-
2.
The Backstage Killer!!!!
Bulletman -
3.
[no title indexed]
Chubby -
4.
The Case of the Limping Mummy!
Bulletman -
5.
Time Hangs Heavy
-
6.
The Man Without a Face
Bulletman -
7.
["Coming Your Way!"]
-
8.
[Brute Morgan's Protection Racket]
Bulletman -
9.
["Bigger and Better!"]
-
10.
["A Thrill on Every Page"]
Mechanix Illustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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