(March 1942)

Ace Magazines, 1942 Series
 
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bimonthly
On-sale Date
1942-01-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Periodical House Inc.
Brand
An Ace Magazine
Editing
A. A. Wyn (credited) (Editor, publisher, business manager)

Issue Notes

Only issue; it was formerly Banner Comics (#s 3-5).

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Captain Courageous; The Sword / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Courageous

The Black Mayor (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Courageous / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Inks
Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Courageous; the Black Mayor [Max Gort] (villain; introduction)

Indexer Notes

next app. in FOUR FAVORITES #5

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

The Sword / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Arthur Lake, son of an American aircraft manufacturer...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Sword [Arthur Lake] (introduction, origin); Lake's father (introduction); the Black Master (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Lightning Comics #14.

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

The Lone Warrior / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Turner
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Vaccinated with the elixir of power...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Lone Warrior [Stan Carter]; Dicky Carter

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

Script credit courtesy of The Who's Who.

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

Typhoon Tyson / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oil shipments from American-owned oil fields...
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in FOUR FAVORITES #7.

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

Kay McKay / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Wilson (signed)
Inks
George Wilson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well! Well, Kay!
Genre
crime; adventure

Indexer Notes

next appearance in SUPER-MYSTERY COMICS V3 #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Luke and His Magic Flute Ya Gotta Dance / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lou Paige ?
Pencils
Lou Paige (signed as Paige)
Inks
Lou Paige (signed as Paige)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee--gosh--
Genre
humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Luke; pieman
Synopsis
Luke's magic flute causes a pieman to dance uncontrollably, so Luke can steal one of his pies.

Indexer Notes

The full title of this feature is "Luke and His Magic Flute Ya Gotta Dance."

Range Reptile (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ralph Powers (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier

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

Paul Revere, Jr. / comic story / 10.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And his friends become involved...
Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in SUPER-MYSTERY COMICS V3 #3. Two-thirds of the final tier of page eleven is the Statement of Ownership.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
A. A. Wyn (credited) (publisher)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Captain Courageous; The Sword
  2. 1. The Black Mayor
    Captain Courageous
  3. 2. ["Arthur Lake, son of an American aircraft manufacturer..."]
    The Sword
  4. 3. ["Vaccinated with the elixir of power..."]
    The Lone Warrior
  5. 4. ["Oil shipments from American-owned oil fields..."]
    Typhoon Tyson
  6. 5. ["Well! Well, Kay!"]
    Kay McKay
  7. 6. ["Gee--gosh--"]
    Luke and His Magic Flute Ya Gotta Dance
  8. 7. Range Reptile
  9. 8. ["And his friends become involved..."]
    Paul Revere, Jr.
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. ["Talk About Thrills!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt
  • Len Wolinsky