(January 1942)
Centaur,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale date
- 1941-12-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Corporation of America
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age U. S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
- Binding
- Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Data from Jerry Bails' index cards and Howard Keltner's Golden Age index.
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, 1942, New Series, Volume 37, Number 1. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 523007.
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[no title indexed]
Amazing-Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lonergan; Sam Decker (signed)
- Inks
- Lonergan; Sam Decker (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Old John Worth and his daughter Gladys have struck...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Amazing-Man [John Aman]; Tommy the Amazing Boy
Indexer Notes
The character influenced the creation of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt in Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 Series) #1 as well a Iron Fist in Marvel Premiere (Marvel, 1972 series) #15. Once he was in public domain he was used in Protectors, The (Malibu, 1992 series) #1 (with other Centaur characters ), in Immortal Iron Fist (Marvel, 2007 series) #12 and in Project Superpowers (Dynamite Entertainment, 2008 series) #0.
Meteor Martin and the Monsters of Gorikon
Meteor Martin / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Inks
- Basil Wolverton (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Meteor Martin; Rana; Romrak; Groob (villain); Groob's gang (villains); insect monster; unnamed weird beings
[Mistaken for His Dog]
Igloo Iggy / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Martin Filchock
- Pencils
- Martin Filchock
- Inks
- Martin Filchock
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Igloo Iggy
- Synopsis
- After being knocked out, Iggy is revived by a dog licking him. When he goes to sleep later, his wife kisses him awake; he assumes it's the dog again and hits her.
Estate for Sale
The Blue Lady / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
- Pencils
- Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
- Inks
- Frank Frollo [as Frollo] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Blue Lady [Lucille Martin]; Larry; Mrs. Harnett; Hargraves (butler); The Trigger (introduction; villain); Trigger's henchmen
- Keywords
- Klu Klux Klan
Indexer Notes
Character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
The Trigger and his henchmen wear white hoods resembling those of the Klu Klux Klan.
[no title indexed]
Hobo Harper / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey fellows! Look at this headline in the local newspaper!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Hobo Harper
The Saboteur Eliminator
Electric Ray / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Pencils
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Inks
- Martin Filchock (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Electric Ray [Ray] (introduction; origin); Pete (saboteur leader, death); a night watchman (death); Smitty (saboteur, death); unnamed saboteurs (all die)
Indexer Notes
Character info from Lou Mougin, June 2009.
[no title indexed]
King of Darkness / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
- Pencils
- Taylor ?
- Inks
- Taylor ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bruce King, young radio engineer, and electrical wizard...
- Characters
- King of Darkness [Bruce King]; Sergeant Burke; Gloria Glamour; Red Gang (villains)
[no title indexed]
Kisco Sid / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Martin Filchock
- Pencils
- Marv Lev
- Inks
- Marv Lev
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Puff - puff Et's so censored hot ef only we had some good wholesome wet water!
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Kisco Sid
[no title indexed]
Nightshade / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Charles Verral
- Pencils
- Homer Fleming
- Inks
- Homer Fleming
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You fool! You'll wish you never saw me here, tonight!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Nightshade [Howard Hall]
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
Credits courtesy of the Who's Who.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Amazing-Man -
1.
["Old John Worth and his daughter Gladys have struck..."]
Amazing-Man -
2.
Meteor Martin and the Monsters of Gorikon
Meteor Martin -
3.
[Mistaken for His Dog]
Igloo Iggy -
4.
Estate for Sale
The Blue Lady -
5.
["Hey fellows! Look at this headline in the local newspaper!"]
Hobo Harper -
6.
Jailbreak
-
7.
The Saboteur Eliminator
Electric Ray -
8.
["Bruce King, young radio engineer, and electrical wizard..."]
King of Darkness -
9.
["Puff - puff Et's so censored hot ef only we had some good wholesome wet water!"]
Kisco Sid -
10.
["You fool! You'll wish you never saw me here, tonight!"]
Nightshade -
11.
[no title indexed]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Henry Andrews
- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mougin
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Andrew Shor
- Donald Dale Milne
- Patrick Lemaire
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lee Randall (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mougin
- Tony R. Rose
- Peter Croome
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