Lightning Comics
#v2#6
(April 1942)
Ace Magazines,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-02-02
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ace Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- Aaron A. Wyn
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]
Lash Lightning / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Mooney (signed as 'Mooney --)
- Inks
- Jim Mooney (signed as 'Mooney --)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just as the Eel was hurtling the girl toward the giant press, Lightning blasted his way forward to stop his fiendish plot.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; The Raven [Danny Dartin]; Doctor Nemesis; Marvo the Magician; Cappie Young; Hap Hazard; Congo Jack; The Eel [Professor Aqua]
Lash Lightning Battles the Eel!!
Lash Lightning / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lash Lightning [Robert Morgan]; The Eel [Professor Aqua] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Billed as the "Human Fish," Professor Aqua was embittered by his life as a circus freak, so he becomes a criminal mastermind known as the Eel.
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Mark Carlson-Ghost in Alter Ego #144 (January, 2017).
The Raven story in this issue also has a villain called The Eel. Other than the name, there is no indication it is the same character as the villain in this story.
The Eel's Smuggling Operation
The Raven / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Raven [Danny Dartin]; The Eel [Professor Aqua] (villain)
- Synopsis
- Raven goes after a jewel smuggling ring lead by The Eel.
Indexer Notes
Turner script credit suggested by the Who's Who. The Sundell credit from Mark Carlson-Ghost in Alter Ego #144 (January, 2017), based on circumstantial evidence.
There is no indication that this is the same character as the one in the Lash Lightning story also in this issue other than the name “The Eel”.
[The Army Gets Fumed]
Doctor Nemesis / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Anderson (signed as Anderson)
- Inks
- Harry Anderson (signed as Anderson)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Doctor Nemesis
- Synopsis
- Dr Nemesis investigates the cause of a mysterious plague.
- Keywords
- Plague
[Museum Artifacts Go Missing]
Marvo the Magician And Tito / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Maurice Gutwirth ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Marvo the Magician
- Synopsis
- Marvo helps a women find her kidnapped father.
[no title indexed]
Cappie Young / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cappie Young and his pal Brask Cooper are somewhere in China, the only survivors of Cappy's father's ship, which was wrecked in the China seas...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Cappie Young; Brask Cooper.
- Synopsis
- Cappie and Brask are hired by the Chinese to truck ammunition and supplies along the Burma Rd.
- Keywords
- Burma Road; China
Indexer Notes
Artist used Milt Caniff's Terry and the Pirates for artistic guidance.
In the previous issue Brask Cooper was called Bras Cooper (short for Nebraska).
Lippy Larue and his Gang
Hap Hazard / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Hap Hazard
- Synopsis
- Hap chases a story about a pickpocketing ring.
Indexer Notes
Art is identical to the "Dameron" signed story in the previous issue.
Grubstake to Hades
Bid Patton / text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Bid Patton
Indexer Notes
According to Fictionmag Index Clint Douglas was an Ace house pseudonym used by B W Gardner, a pulp author. This story originally appeared in their pulp magazine Western Aces dated Oct 1940.
[The Lane Expedition]
Congo Jack / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Mark Schneider ?
- Pencils
- Mark Schneider (signed as Schneider)
- Inks
- Mark Schneider (signed as Schneider)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Congo Jack
- Synopsis
- Congo Jack attempts to rescue two people kidnapped by a tribe with “iron skin”.
- Keywords
- Ancient Rome; lost tribes
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Just as the Eel was hurtling the girl toward the giant press, Lightning blasted his way forward to stop his fiendish plot."]
Lash Lightning -
1.
Lash Lightning Battles the Eel!!
Lash Lightning -
2.
The Eel's Smuggling Operation
The Raven -
3.
[The Army Gets Fumed]
Doctor Nemesis -
4.
[Museum Artifacts Go Missing]
Marvo the Magician And Tito -
5.
["Cappie Young and his pal Brask Cooper are somewhere in China, the only survivors of Cappy's father's ship, which was wrecked in the China seas..."]
Cappie Young -
6.
Lippy Larue and his Gang
Hap Hazard -
7.
Grubstake to Hades
Bid Patton -
8.
[The Lane Expedition]
Congo Jack
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