(April 1948)

Marvel, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1948-01-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Official Comics Inc.
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Index updated with information from Tom Lammers and atlastales.com.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 2, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June 1948.

[All His Roads Led to the Chair!] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Sekowsky ?; Mike Becker ?
Inks
Vince Alascia
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder what thoughts are going thru Mais' head now?
Genre
crime
Characters
Robert Mais; Tom
Reprints
Keywords
electric chair

Indexer Notes

Possible Sekowsky pencils per Michael J. Vassallo. Possible Becker pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Alascia inks per Nick Caputo.

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All His Roads Led to the Chair! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Becker ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
2341
Genre
crime
Reprints

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

Wanted by the F.B.I. / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

The Murdering Mollies! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Klein ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
2302
Genre
crime
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Semi-historical account of the Molly Maguires, a secret Irish immigrant labor organization in the coal mining districts of Pennsylvania, and the efforts of Pinkerton Agency undercover detective James McParlan (1843-1919) to break up the group in 1873-76; detective agency founder Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) appears.

Undercover Man (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
SL-1367
Reprints

They Always Talk! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Frollo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
2306
Genre
crime
Reprints

The Cop They Couldn't Stop! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
George Klein ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
2505
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

According to The Invincible Gene Colan by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo (Marvel, 2009), this story was pencilled by Gene Colan (p. 10). Probably the second ever published Gene Colan's work. Possible Klein inks also per Vassallo. Further info on his Blog:

http://timely-atlas-comics.blogspot.com/2011/08/gene-colan-1926-2011-timel…

The Killer Who Loved Orchids! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Sekowsky ?; Gene Colan ?; ? (see notes)
Inks
Bill Everett ?; ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
2534
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

Nick Caputo suspects various hands were involved in this story, including Gene Colan, particularly on page 2, and possibly Bill Everett, also on page 2.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [All His Roads Led to the Chair!]
  2. 1. All His Roads Led to the Chair!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Wanted by the F.B.I.
  4. 3. The Murdering Mollies!
  5. 4. Undercover Man
  6. 5. They Always Talk!
  7. 6. The Cop They Couldn't Stop!
  8. 7. The Killer Who Loved Orchids!
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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