Crown Comics #16

(January 1949)

A Great New Exciting Baseball game (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

D. Lawyer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Murder (Table of Contents: 2)

Voodah / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ken Fitch

Pencils

Anthony Cataldo (signed)

Inks

Ruben Moreira

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Voodah; Zanzi; Cheeko (monkey); Brett Harvey; Royce Harvey

Synopsis

Voodah agrees to guide a rhino hunt. Two natives and a white man meet violent deaths. Voodah finds himself accused of vengeful, cold-blooded murder.

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Vadebonceur Jr. Steinar Ådland doubts the participation of Moreira.

The Case of the Missing White Jade (Table of Contents: 3)

Vic Cutter / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Bolle ? (plot); Leonard Starr ?; Ken Fitch ?

Pencils

Frank Bolle (signed)

Inks

Frank Bolle (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Vic Cutter (detective); Laura Ames (secretary); Captain Grady; Steve Barrett; Mr. Ashley (millionaire); Yu Song; Mei Ling

Synopsis

Mr. Ashley sends detective Cutter to San Francisco to receive a valuable collection white jade and jewels purchased from the Chinese government.

Indexer Notes

Script credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.

Case of the Whimsical Counterfeiter (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Norton (credited) (house name)

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Honest Joe (counterfeiter); Bill Bones (police detective); Little Bill

Synopsis

Counterfeiters working in a carnival.

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

Minnie Soo with Little Haha and Tonka / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ralph Heimdahl (signed)

Pencils

Ralph Heimdahl (signed)

Inks

Ralph Heimdahl (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't you think we have come too far..?

Genre

humor; children; western-frontier

Characters

Minnie Soo; Little Haha; Tonka (great warrior)

Synopsis

Minnie and Little Haha are taken prisoner by two Wakota warriors, but Tonka follows.

The Whitecrest (Table of Contents: 6)

Bart Stewart / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Bolle ? (plot)

Pencils

Frank Bolle

Inks

Frank Bolle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Characters

Bart Stewart; Filippe (French fencing master); Captain Arnold; Starkwell

Synopsis

The ship Whitecrest is captured by the French, and Stewart sets out with a schooner to rescue the crew.

Indexer Notes

Script credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

William McCombs (credited as William A. McCombs) (business manager)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

New York State

The Big Bank Robbery (Table of Contents: 8)

Lefty Jim - U.S. Marshal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Anthony Cataldo (signed)

Inks

Anthony Cataldo (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Lefty Jim (U.S. Marshal); Rusty (deputy); Barton (bankrobber); Judge Barrow

Synopsis

Jim and Rusty are trailing bankrobbers.

Indexer Notes

One-and-only appearance.

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

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

A. W. Nugent (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You can have much more fun...

Synopsis

Try to find 40 different objects in this picture beginning with the letter "P".

Beauty Trix Wallet (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Scope Sales Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now You Can Have Daring New Look Beauty... (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Wilco Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Your Child Happy (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Fun For Children / advertisement / 1 page (report information)