Wow Comics #3

(December 1941)

Monkey Business (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

Synopsis

An African native fans a lion.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. In full colour.

The Shore of Adventures (Table of Contents: 2)

Dart Daring / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Pencils

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Inks

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Colors

?

Letters

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The lookout aboard a ship that's passing the marooned couple in the night, gives an alarm as he sights a small flare on the water far astern.

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Dart Daring; Loraine Knight

Synopsis

Dart and Loraine are rescued from their raft in the middle of the sea by a ship bound for Vancouver Island. Much later a sailor recognizes Dart as a pirate, a fight ensues and he is put in chains. He escapes in a small lifeboat and finds that Loraine has smuggled herself away too. They are shipwrecked and attacked by Kawitshin Indians.

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous issue. Continued in next issue.

Carbon Copies (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

Synopsis

Eight cats "singing" along a fence.

Reprints

• in The Great Canadian Comic Books (Peter Martin Associates, 1971 series) (1971)

Aeroplane Controls (Table of Contents: 4)

Wings of All Nations / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Control column or stick

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Facts about how a plane flies.

The Cowardly Hero (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script

Rupert Dumart (credited)

Pencils

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T.L.)

Inks

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T.L.)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The night was dark and the air heavy with fog.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Terry Logan (Canadian flying ace with the R.A.F.); Dick Heath; Squadron Commander Edwin Fawcett

Synopsis

Young pilot Heath panics on a flying mission.

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

Animal Animosity / activity / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Inks

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Colors

?

Letters

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lions at Battle

Genre

animal

Synopsis

Two panels about animals fighting each other to cut out and put in a book. These are labeled page 3 and 4.

Sailing Ships (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The sails of a full-rigged ship

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Drawing pointing out the names of the sails on a sailing ship.

Loraine Knight Cut-Outs (Table of Contents: 8)

Dart Daring / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edmund Legault

Inks

Edmund Legault

Colors

?

Letters

Edmund Legault

Characters

Loraine Knight

Synopsis

Paper doll of Loraine Knight from the Dart Daring Strip.

Indexer Notes

Unsigned but obviously Edmund Legault by style. Same letterer as stories by Legault.

Gus Sonnenberg (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Otherwise known as Gloomy Gus - Gus the Goat - Dynamite Gus - and Sonny Boy!

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Gus Sonnenberg

Synopsis

Realistic drawing of wrestler Gus Sonnenberg surrounded by cartoony drawings of him.

Reprints

• from Corcoran's Wrestling Guide ?

Indexer Notes

Part of a series of wrestler drawings.

Wrestling Holds (continued) (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. J. Corcoran ?

Pencils

Lou Skuce

Inks

Lou Skuce

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Reverse Half Nelson and body hold

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Number 11 to number 17 pictures of wrestling holds.

Reprints

• from Corcoran's Wrestling Guide ?

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous issue. Art work is unsigned but appears to be by Skuce from style.

The Science of Wrestling - (continued) (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

J. J. Corcoran ?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are any number of holds, some of which have definite names, others, being a combination of one or more holds remain unclassified.

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Facts about wrestling, including more information about the holds on the previous page.

Reprints

• from Corcoran's Wrestling Guide ?

Indexer Notes

Continued from the previous issue.

The 25 Contest Winners (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

The Diplomat (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, well - little Jimmy John. Now let me see - what do I need for dinner?

Genre

humour

Characters

Jimmy John

Synopsis

A boy offers to take a woman's grocery order, but says that someone else will have to deliver it on account of her snarling dog.

The Valley of Fear (Table of Contents: 14)

Whiz Wallace / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Pencils

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Inks

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

Colors

?

Letters

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Having been rescued by a strange warrior named Movak, the magician, Whiz Wallace and Elaine Kenyon are taken thru a vast, grotesque cavern in Movak's rocketship.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Whiz Wallace; Elaine Kenyon; Movak

Synopsis

Whiz Wallace and Elaine Kenyon are rescued by the magician Movak who takes them to the Grottoes of the Green Death where they battle many weird creatures and escape death-traps.

Indexer Notes

Next issue announced to have Moon of Aralee.

Saturday Night! (Table of Contents: 15)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

Genre

humour

Synopsis

One boy is given a bath in a steel tub by his mother while another looks on.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Be a "Wow" Sausage Grinder (Table of Contents: 16)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Lou Skuce (signed)

Pencils

Lou Skuce (signed)

Inks

Lou Skuce (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Lou Skuce (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ach! Dat I - Adolf - should end as a hot dog!

Characters

Adolf Hitler (as a sausage dog); John Public

Synopsis

John Public turns a grinder to turn Adolf Hitler (as a sausage dog) into sausage. The grinder is labeled "War Savings Certificate" and "War Savings Stamps".

Indexer Notes

On back cover.