A-1 #[1]
([circa Nov 1945])

Magazine Enterprises, 1945 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
On-sale Date
1945-10-14 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Life's Romances Publishing Company
Editing
?

Issue Notes

This issue is listed as part of two series; see also Kerry Drake Detective Cases (Magazine Enterprises, 1944 series). Gary Watson suggests that this issue preceded the other un-numbered A-1 issue as the other matches the cover format of issues #3-10.

The date entered in the "On Sale Date" field for the A-1 series is the copyright date derived from the actual Library of Congress copyright documentation (available on www.archive.org). Of the 139 issues of A-1, copyright dates are missing for A-1 #1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 31, 55, 77, 88, 91, 108, 121, 123, 127, 129, 134, and 137. Copyright dates for those missing issues can be extrapolated from surrounding issues. Cover dates with no month can be estimated using the copyright dates. The copyright date for this issue is estimated.

[Up Against Fingers] (Table of Contents)

Kerry Drake Detective / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alfred Andriola
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Kerry Drake; Fingers (villain)

[Up Against Fingers] (Table of Contents: 1)

Kerry Drake / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Alfred Andriola
Pencils
Alfred Andriola
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; Fingers (villain)

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

Johnny Devildog / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Mart Bailey
Pencils
Mart Bailey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Four Hours Before Dawn...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Johnny Devildog

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

Rocky the Stone-Age Kid / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Engli
Pencils
Frank Engli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! Looks like a thunder shower...
Genre
humor
Characters
Rocky The Stone-Age Kid
Reprints
  • from ? (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?

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

Rocky the Stone-Age Kid / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Engli
Pencils
Frank Engli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is a beautiful day...
Genre
humor
Characters
Rocky The Stone-Age Kid
Reprints
  • from ? (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?

[Jokeress on the Loose] (Table of Contents: 5)

Streamer Kelly / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Ryan
Pencils
Jack Ryan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Streamer Kelly; The Joker (villain, female)
Reprints
  • from ? (Chicago Tribune Syndicate) ?

FireFax (Table of Contents: 6)

Facts on Firemen Tools / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Some illustrations, no credits

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Up Against Fingers]
    Kerry Drake Detective
  2. 1. [Up Against Fingers]
    Kerry Drake
  3. 2. ["Four Hours Before Dawn..."]
    Johnny Devildog
  4. 3. ["Wow! Looks like a thunder shower..."]
    Rocky the Stone-Age Kid
  5. 4. ["This is a beautiful day..."]
    Rocky the Stone-Age Kid
  6. 5. [Jokeress on the Loose]
    Streamer Kelly
  7. 6. FireFax
    Facts on Firemen Tools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • John Censullo
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Chris Launder
  • Lawrence Earl Thompson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • L. Jámal Walton