Gwandanaland Comics #325 - Jack the Ripper

([November] 2017)

The Ripper's Return (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth

Inks

Alvin Hollingsworth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

When young Dr. Jason Brown learns that Dr. Karvel can implant the memories and personalities of dead people into living people, he tries to stop the mad experiments, but Karvel overpowers him and turns him into Jack the Ripper. Jack then kills Karvel and Brown is declared insane and locked up for life.

Reprints

• from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #2 (September 1952)

Keywords

insane asylums; mad scientists

The Treacherous Trio! (Table of Contents: 2)

Blue Beetle / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Otis]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Blue Beetle [Dan Garrett]; Joan Mason; Mike Mannigan; Sneer; Jack the Ripper; Blackbeard [Edward Teach]; Dr. H. H. Crippen

Synopsis

Joan is pursuing a story when she stumbles upon a mad scientist who claims to have brought famous past murderers into the present with his Eonscope.

Reprints

• from All Top Comics (Fox, 1946 series) #8 (November 1947)

Keywords

journalism; pirates; time travel

Invasion of the Ghost-Monsters (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ken Bald

Inks

Ken Bald

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Barry Inwood; Silas Inwood; Bluebeard; Jack the Ripper; Captain Kidd; Sir Modred; Black Knight; Dracula; Ivanhoe; Sir Lancelot; Don Quixote; Paul Bunyan; Ulysses; Robin Hood; Martha Inwood (cameo)

Synopsis

When Barry Inwood carries out the instructions in his uncle's will, it allows his uncle to return from the dead, leading a pack of giant-sized villains from history and literature.

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #29 (March 1952)

Keywords

giants; inheritances; lawyers; resurrections; wills

The Knife of Jack the Ripper! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Goldfarb (signed)

Inks

Bob Baer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

A young carpenter comes into possession of Jack the Ripper’s knife and is haunted by visions of murder. He goes on a killing spree, unable to stop or to get rid of the murderous weapon.

Reprints

• from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #5 (February-March 1952)

Keywords

possession

The Wax Demons (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Inks

Harry Lazarus (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Professor Sherman; Satan; Fran Sherman; Len Clark; Benito Mussolini; Jack the Ripper; Attila the Hun; Adolf Hitler

Synopsis

Professor Sherman's wax museum is in danger of closing when he makes a deal with Satan, who promises to bring Sherman's wax figures to life. However, instead of animating the great men of history, as Sherman intended, Satan brings to life the greatest villains of history.

Reprints

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #11 (November 1952)

Keywords

wax museums

Daffy Meets Jack the Ripper (Table of Contents: 6)

Daffy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Gill Fox (signed)

Pencils

Gill Fox (signed as Gill Fox)

Inks

Gill Fox (signed as Gill Fox)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Daffy Dill; Mr. Starr; Mr. De Chill; Jack the Ripper; Mr.Lucre

Synopsis

Daffy's grandfather wills her a clock that's actually a time machine. Film director Starr convinces her to use the clock to transport his crew back to 1896 to shoot a movie about Jack the Ripper.

Reprints

• from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #45 (August 1943)

Keywords

clocks; London; time travel

Indexer Notes

The Ripper murders actually occurred in 1888, and not in 1896.

Blades of Doom! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sy Grudko (signed)

Inks

Sy Grudko (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jack the Ripper

Synopsis

This fictional "Jack the Ripper" was a notorious outlaw who ran crooked gambling games and used two throwing knives instead of guns.

Reprints

• from Crime Must Pay the Penalty (Ace Magazines, 1948 series) #8 (June 1949)

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in the Arizona Territory in 1879, years before the historical Jack's crimes in 1888 London.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Nero Owl / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You say it's finding little things like that cigar stub that leads to catching crooks, Uncle Nero?

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Nero Owl; Zero Owl; Jack the Ripper

Synopsis

Nero and his nephew Zero encounter the escaped convict Jack the Ripper in a wax museum.

Reprints

• from Egbert (Quality Comics, 1946 series) #7 (Autumn 1947)

Keywords

wax museums

Indexer Notes

This funny animal Jack is a present-day wolf.