(December 1941)

Centaur, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1941-10-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Corporation of America
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Number 5 on cover. Additional story sequences, sequence order and art credits from Gary Watson, September 30, 2006.

On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number 520996.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Stars and Stripes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Myron Strauss (signed); Bob Rogers (backgrounds)
Inks
Myron Strauss (signed); Bob Rogers (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Stars and Stripes [Pepper [Patrick J. O'Henry]; Whitey [Benjamin Franklin Allen]; Van [Vance Stuyvesant III]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bob Rogers verified, in an interview with Roger Hill, in Alter-Ego #6 that he did the backgrounds to this cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Stars and Stripes / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Myron Strauss; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)
Inks
Myron Strauss; Bob Rogers (backgrounds)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Incognito as tourists...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Stars and Stripes [Pepper [Patrick J. O'Henry]; Whitey [Benjamin Franklin Allen]; Van [Vance Stuyvesant III]]

Indexer Notes

Last appearance except for 2 page text story later in this issue. Bob Rogers, in his interview with Roger Hill in the pages of Alter-Ego #6 (Autumn, 2000), verifies that he did the backgrounds and Myron Strauss did the complete art for this features, which they called the "Liberty Scouts" [not "Stars and Stripes" as listed].

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

Shark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lew Glanz (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Through the closely-guarded Panama Canal Zone...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Shark

Indexer Notes

Next appears in THE FERRET #1 (Malibu).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Kisco Kid / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Levy
Pencils
Marv Levy (signed)
Inks
Marv Levy (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's the guardian of the people's rights and lefts...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Minimidget / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John F. Kolb
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the kingdom of Coran...

Indexer Notes

Final appearance. Last panel includes statement: “Minimidget appears again in next issue.” However this is the final issue of Stars and Stripes Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Iron Skull / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Gilman (signed)
Inks
Sam Gilman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The U.S.S. Weaver sails tonite for Atlanta...
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Final appearance. The splash page is printed in landscape. The comic needs to be turned on its side to read.

The Stars and Stripes Battle the Unholy Thirteen (Table of Contents: 6)

The Stars and Stripes / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Tuner
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They swept into the pre-dawn darkness...
Characters
Stars & Stripes [Pepper [Patrick J. O'Henry]; Whitey [Benjamin Franklin Allen]; Van [Vance Stuyvesant III]]; Thomas Jackson; Unholy Thirteen
Keywords
Midwest City

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Mighty-Man and Super-Ann the World's Strongest Girl / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Filchock
Pencils
Martin Filchock
Inks
Martin Filchock
Colors
?
Letters
Martin Filchock ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look out
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mighty-Man; Super-Ann [Ann Star]; Mrs. Star; Tony; Jack
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Final appearance.

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

Dr. Synthe / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Weston Taylor (signed)
Inks
Henry Weston Taylor (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As I was saying, Ray...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Dr. Synthe

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

Cat's On? (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Boynansky (signed)
Pencils
Bill Boynansky (signed)
Inks
Bill Boynansky (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Consists of 6 single panel cartoons.

Defense Program Curtailed! (Table of Contents: 10)

Amazing Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Amazing Man; Tommy

Indexer Notes

Amazing Man’s next and final golden age appearance is in Amazing Man #26 (Jan 1942)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Stars and Stripes
  2. 1. ["Incognito as tourists..."]
    Stars and Stripes
  3. 2. ["Through the closely-guarded Panama Canal Zone..."]
    Shark
  4. 3. ["He's the guardian of the people's rights and lefts..."]
    Kisco Kid
  5. 4. ["In the kingdom of Coran..."]
    Minimidget
  6. 5. ["The U.S.S. Weaver sails tonite for Atlanta..."]
    Iron Skull
  7. 6. The Stars and Stripes Battle the Unholy Thirteen
    The Stars and Stripes
  8. 7. ["Look out"]
    Mighty-Man and Super-Ann the World's Strongest Girl
  9. 8. ["As I was saying, Ray..."]
    Dr. Synthe
  10. 9. Cat's On?
  11. 10. Defense Program Curtailed!
    Amazing Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • James Ludwig
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • Tom Zsolt