Triumph Comics #9

([circa August 1942])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mickey Owens (signed)

Pencils

Mickey Owens (signed)

Inks

Mickey Owens (signed)

Letters

Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I have to wear a parachute when I'm cleaning the guns sir!

Genre

humour; military

Nelvana in Glacia - Chapter Two - The Dreaded Mammoth-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

Nelvana of the Northern Lights / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Adrian Dingle (signed)

Pencils

Adrian Dingle (signed)

Inks

Adrian Dingle (signed)

Letters

Adrian Dingle (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Targa scales the hairy brute, and reaches his father's frozen body, just as the immense jaws begin to yawn --- life is returning to Glacia!

Genre

adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Nelvana; Targa; Mammoth-Men; King Rano

Synopsis

Glacia awakens and Nelvana discovers that the people are powered by polaron light which periodically fades and temperatures drop which freeze everything into place until the light comes back.

Reprints

• in Nelvana of the Northern Lights (CGA Comics, 2014 series) ([May] 2014)
which is reprinted
• in Nelvana of the Northern Lights (IDW, 2014 series) (October 2014)

Keywords

Glacia

Indexer Notes

While the story is set in 1942 there is a 1941 copyright next to Adrian Dingle's signature.

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

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

Joke Winners From Our Readers (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mary Willey; Olga Luske; Mary Anna Olynik; Robert Hill; Richard Johnston; Ernest Wolfe; Gladys Bone; Fred Turner; Bette MacAllister; Dick Kumahara; Clem McIntosh

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Overheard in an Edinburgh street: "Why dae ye tak the wife tae the library reading room sae often?"

Genre

humour

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

Speed Savage / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)

Pencils

Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)

Inks

Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)

Letters

Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Speed Savage, famous Canadian athlete and ace detective...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Speed Savage; Veronica Lone; Hunchback; Gloria Mason

Synopsis

The Hunchback sends kegs of explosives to disrupt the motorboat race Speed is competing in, but Speed evades the kegs and wins the race. As the White Mask, Speed traces the Hunchback to a cabin, but the Hunchback gets the drop on him and shoots him.

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous issue. Continued next issue.

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

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

The Case of Dr. Lazarr (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Edmund Legault (credited as E.T. Legault)

Pencils

Murray Karn (signed as M. Karn)

Inks

Murray Karn (signed as M. Karn)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There had been a jailbreak!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Ivor Lazarr; Wilks

Synopsis

Dr. Lazarr escapes prison to perform one last evil deed before he is killed by cancer.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mickey Owens (signed)

Pencils

Mickey Owens (signed)

Inks

Mickey Owens (signed)

Letters

Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never mind why, Fred I changed my mind we're not getting married.

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

The Capture of Red (Table of Contents: 12)

Tang / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

Pencils

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

Inks

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Buddy, on his way to eat, does not notice he is being watched.

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Buddy Breckenridge; Tang; Red Ted; Faro

Synopsis

Red has been hired to get papers from Buddy that could incriminate Faro the gambler.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mickey Owens (signed)

Pencils

Mickey Owens (signed)

Inks

Mickey Owens (signed)

Letters

Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As soon as he discovered this was a rescue ship this is what he signalled us.

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Prize Winners in the... Can You Draw? Contest (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Captain Wonder / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)

Pencils

Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)

Inks

Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)

Letters

Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The hill-folk spoke of the desolate wind-swept cabin...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Captain Wonder; Jack McLory; Shirley McLory; Satan

Synopsis

Satan replaces Shirley's child with one of his minions. After Captain Wonder defeats the demon, he ventures into Hell itself to save Shirley from Satan.

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue. The plot and layouts are liberally lifted (re: swiped) from Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Fiery Mask story "The Legion of the Doomed" from Daring Mystery Comics #6 (September 1940).

[Adventure Humour] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Ace Barton / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ross Saakel (signed)

Pencils

Ross Saakel (signed)

Inks

Ross Saakel (signed)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Major Sharps from G.H.Q. is waiting for you...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Ace Barton; Burt; Major Sharps

Synopsis

Rather than put all of their squadron at risk, Ace and Burt undertake a bombing mission themselves.

Reprints

• in Canuck Komix (Mini-Komix, 2017 series) ([September 9, 2017])

Details of a Famous German Bomber (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mel Crawford (signed as Crawford)

Inks

Mel Crawford (signed as Crawford)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Junkers JU 88 - A1

Genre

non-fiction; aviation

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)