(April 1942)
Marvel,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Timely Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
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. 2.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Professor and Rudy the Robot / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Pretsch ?
- Pencils
- Frank Pretsch (signed as Frank Pretsch)
- Inks
- Frank Pretsch (signed as Frank Pretsch)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When Oswald, the Professor's nephew, told him that he lacked the courage to go bear hunting in the Maine woods, it hurt the Professor's pride – and he showed Oswald what courage really meant... bear that in mind!!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Li'l Professor (final appearance); Rudy the Robot (final appearance)
Indexer Notes
The final appearance of Li'l Professor and Rudy the Robot.
[no title indexed]
Splash Morgan / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
- Pencils
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
- Inks
- Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Wolverton)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Holy heartburn! I no sooner get my dome on the pillow than it's time to leap out of bed and rush to work!
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Splash Morgan (first appearance, only appearance)
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Comedy Kids / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Charles Nicholas (signed as C. Wojtkoski)
- Inks
- Charles Nicholas (signed as C. Wojtkoski)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Laughs, thrills, and chills await you as the Comedy Kids stumble upon the deep-dyed plans of the rascally Crunch, stooge of crooked Mayor Powers, in his effort to keep the handsome Bill Gale from winning the election... by delivering him a bomb!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Comedy Kids [Gabby (first appearance); Muscles (first appearance); Junior (first appearance)] (only appearance); Mayor Powers (first appearance, villain); Crunch (first appearance, villain)
The Scourge of Fear
Captain Dash / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Speed with us on the wings of time to the 31st century!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Dash (introduction); Marmon (villain)
Indexer Notes
The only appearance of Captain Dash.
The adventures of another 31st century hero, Captain Daring, appear in Daring Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1940 series) #7-8.
[no title indexed]
Silver Scorpion / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Harry Sahle ?
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle')
- Inks
- Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle')
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beauty! The noble posession of women and when robbed of it, they'd go through torture to recover it!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Silver Scorpion [Elizabeth Barstow]; Dan Hurley; Miss Senter; Mr. Black [Dr. Borgor] (villain)
- Synopsis
- An actress is suddenly made “ugly” and is given a ransom demand to be “cured” and get back her beauty. Silver Scorpion is horrified and investigates.
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Mystery Comics (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (December 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
The final Golden Age appearance of Silver Scorpion. She reappears in The Invaders (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (June 1993).
"V" Battalion
Citizen V / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ?
- Pencils
- Ben Thompson (signed as Ben Thompson)
- Inks
- Ben Thompson (signed as Ben Thompson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Citizen V [John Watkins]; Pierre
- Synopsis
- Citizen V leads a sabotage operation on a bridge but is captured.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The final Golden Age appearance of Citizen V. He next appears in Thunderbolts: Distant Rumblings (Marvel, 1997 series) #-1 (July 1997).
Dynamite Demon!
text story / 1.67 pages
- Script
- Andrew McWhiney (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- BOOM! Dynamite spoke again.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Filing date: October 1, 1941.
Where the book's title appears in this statement of ownership, the word "Comedy" is handwritten in among the typeset text, because it had originally been set for (and carried the name of) Comedy Comics' predecessor, Daring Mystery Comics.
Appears on the second page of the "Dynamite Demon!" text story.
[no title indexed]
Tubby an' Tack / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray Houlihan ?
- Pencils
- Ray Houlihan (signed as Ray Houlihan)
- Inks
- Ray Houlihan (signed as Ray Houlihan)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- G'wan! We ain't got time for that kid stuff!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Trinket / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Clyde Yeadon
- Pencils
- Clyde Yeadon (signed as Clyde Don)
- Inks
- Clyde Yeadon (signed as Clyde Don)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pick up your things and clean up Trinket,....Doctor Drypotch is having dinner with us to-day!!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Trinket (first appearance)
[no title indexed]
The Fin / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bill Everett
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wherein, Lt. Peter Noble lights into a navy of death-dealing sea-raiders, and finds that the sword is mightier than the pen, the gun, the fist, or---- Well – see for yourself!!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fin [Peter Noble]; Captain (villain)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Nazis
Indexer Notes
The Fin gains a magic sword in this, his final Golden Age appearance.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Riot of Fun
Comedy Kids -
1.
["When Oswald, the Professor's nephew, told him that he lacked the courage to go bear hunting in the Maine woods, it hurt the Professor's pride – and he showed Oswald what courage really meant... bear that in mind!!"]
Li'l Professor and Rudy the Robot -
2.
["Holy heartburn! I no sooner get my dome on the pillow than it's time to leap out of bed and rush to work!"]
Splash Morgan -
3.
["Laughs, thrills, and chills await you as the Comedy Kids stumble upon the deep-dyed plans of the rascally Crunch, stooge of crooked Mayor Powers, in his effort to keep the handsome Bill Gale from winning the election... by delivering him a bomb!"]
Comedy Kids -
4.
The Scourge of Fear
Captain Dash -
5.
["Beauty! The noble posession of women and when robbed of it, they'd go through torture to recover it!"]
Silver Scorpion -
6.
"V" Battalion
Citizen V -
7.
Dynamite Demon!
-
8.
[no title indexed]
-
9.
["G'wan! We ain't got time for that kid stuff!"]
Tubby an' Tack -
10.
["Pick up your things and clean up Trinket,....Doctor Drypotch is having dinner with us to-day!!"]
Trinket -
11.
["Wherein, Lt. Peter Noble lights into a navy of death-dealing sea-raiders, and finds that the sword is mightier than the pen, the gun, the fist, or---- Well – see for yourself!!!"]
The Fin
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jack Alalme
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Mark Bowen
- John Censullo
- Craig Delich
- John DiBello
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Zsolt
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