Frogman Comics #v1#1

(January-February 1952)

Choose Your Art Career (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Operation Ravage (Table of Contents: 2)

Dan Durkin Frogman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils:

Mike Suchorsky

Inks:

Mike Suchorsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Dan Durkin (Chief Petty Officer); Ames (Seaman 1st Class)

Synopsis:

Strange subs have suddenly apperaed off the coast Japan and Korea, and United Nations ships will soon be in danger.

Indexer Notes

Suchorsky is credited to Frogman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and this is certain Suchorsky work, with his detailed inking, rounded ears and bulging lower lips as on page 3 and 4. He had many stories in GI Joe. Also JVJ credits Suchorsky. Aamodt is the only writer credited to Frogman 1952-53, but there may have been others.

Underwater Trapper (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils:

John Prentice

Inks:

John Prentice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Sam Chase (undercover man and frogman); Lyman (shipyard owner)

Synopsis:

Units of priceless chemicals have been disapperaing from the lab at the shipyard, and Sam Chase is put on the case.

Indexer Notes

Prentice is credited to war stories for 1952-53 at Hillman by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his sober faces are not to be mistaken. Just think of Rip Kirby and you have him.

The Iron Prowler (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

non-fiction; war

Synopsis:

From the first American submarine "The Turtle" in 1742, to the US subs of World War II.

Throw Away That Truss! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Brooks Appliance Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Willie Needs Us (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Willie (O.S.S. Agent); Pierre (French resistance man)

Synopsis:

Before the invasion of Normandy, an American O.S.S. Agent sends a message in code about a German rocket launcher that has to be destroyed by frogmen.

Indexer Notes

JVJ at GoldenAgeComics has Daly as best guess and a possible Zolne.
Daly is credited by Jerry Bails' Who's Who on both pencils and ink on war stories at Hillman, but I miss his faces with thin "angry" eyebrows like in DC's Aquaman.
Zolne worked for Hillman on both pencils and ink, but is not credited on war stories. The heavy "S" inside the ears is like Zolne's signed work on "Captain Terry Thunder" in Jungle Comics #107, and some hands and "diving" persons are exactely similar in both of these stories. So I place my bet on Zolnerowich.

Operation Demolition (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

A US Navy demolition team at work in the Pacific.

The Frogman Takes a Bunker (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Jack Abel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

war

Characters:

Tony Larsen (frogman); Lft. Burke

Synopsis:

Frogman Larsen takes on a bunker alone, against the Lieutenant's orders.

Indexer Notes

JVJ (Vadeboncoeur) has Smalle/Abel credited here, and Smalle is credited on both pencils and ink at Hillman 1952, but not war stories, while Abel is credited to ink on war stories. Both are very probable when looking at faces and inking.

Double_Cross in the Deep (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Kim Aamodt ?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Michael Becker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Pat Jackson (frogman); Utah Sims (frogman); Gus Brussock (civilian diver)

Synopsis:

Forign agents are trying to sabotage the building of underwater oil storage tanks for submarine refueling.

Indexer Notes

JVJ art credits, and both Reinman and Becker are credited to war stories at Hillman in 1952.

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