(December 1941)
Centaur,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-10-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Corporation of America
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
some data from Jerry Bails index cards & Howard Keltners Golden Age index
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Aman the Amazing-Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lonergan] (signed)
- Pencils
- Louis Glanzman [as Decker](signed); Sam Glanzman [as Decker] (signed)
- Inks
- Louis Glanzman [as Decker](signed); Sam Glanzman [as Decker] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- War over Europe!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Tommy
- Synopsis
- Aman and Tommy prevent an invasion of England by the Germans through a tunnel built under the English Channel with a cyclotron.
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1942 series) (1942) - in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #83 ([October] 2010) [in black and white]
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #13 - Centaur Chronicles ([August] 2013)
-
- Keywords
- English Channel; Nazis; submarines; tunnels; u-boats; World War II
Indexer Notes
Title and art credits from Lou Mougin, June 2009. Revised JVJ.
[no title indexed]
Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Minimidget and Ritty, super-midgets, are only 8 in. tall.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Minimidget and Ritty next appear in Stars and Stripes Comics #6.
[no title indexed]
Mighty Man and Super Ann / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Martin Filchock ?
- Pencils
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With factories working overtime to speed up national defense...
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
The Amazing Man Keeps a Date With Death
Aman the Amazing-Man / text story / 2 pages
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Sequence added per Lou Mougin, June 2009.
[no title indexed]
Hobo Harper / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- John Harper, ex-millionaire, is now known as Hobo Harper...
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
Harper mentions Amazing Man in this story. A rare “crossover” in a Centaur publication.
[no title indexed]
Meteor Martin / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Meteor Martin, ace pilot of the Moon Patrol, is on duty in his space-ship...
- Characters
- Meteor Martin (introduction)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Title, script credit, and character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
[no title indexed]
King of Darkness / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harry Francis Campbell?
- Pencils
- Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A great British battleship, repaired in the {CENSORED} Navy Yard...
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Title and credits from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
[no title indexed]
The Blue Lady / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Frank Frollo ?
- Pencils
- Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lucille Martin, an adventurous young novelist has acquired...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Blue Lady [Lucille Martin]; Larry (Lucille's fiance); Sing Thang (death); Bin (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Blue Lady discovers a way to open the jade idol that had killed her master, noting it had a piece of paper inside giving instructions on how to find a hidden gold shipment from China.
- Reprints
- in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1942 series) (1942)
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 ([June] 2010)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #13 - Centaur Chronicles ([August] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Title from Lou Mougin, June 2009. Revised JVJ.
[no title indexed]
Life at its Worst / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the last time I'll ever come on this...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The one and only Amazing Man, aided by Tommy..."]
Aman the Amazing-Man -
1.
["War over Europe!"]
Aman the Amazing-Man -
2.
["Minimidget and Ritty, super-midgets, are only 8 in. tall."]
Minimidget -
3.
["With factories working overtime to speed up national defense..."]
Mighty Man and Super Ann -
4.
The Amazing Man Keeps a Date With Death
Aman the Amazing-Man -
5.
["John Harper, ex-millionaire, is now known as Hobo Harper..."]
Hobo Harper -
6.
["Meteor Martin, ace pilot of the Moon Patrol, is on duty in his space-ship..."]
Meteor Martin -
7.
["A great British battleship, repaired in the {CENSORED} Navy Yard..."]
King of Darkness -
8.
["Lucille Martin, an adventurous young novelist has acquired..."]
The Blue Lady -
9.
["This is the last time I'll ever come on this..."]
Life at its Worst -
10.
The Shadow Is a Living Thing
Nightshade
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Tom Zsolt
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