Prize Comics
#v2#11 (23)
(September 1942)
Prize,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-07-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Feature Publications Inc.
- Editing
- John Reece ? (editor)
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. 3.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]
- Reprints
- Keywords
- World War II
in Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card suggests Leo Morey for the cover art.
[A Killer Called Cropper]
Yank and Doodle / comic story / 11 pages
- Characters
- Yank and Doodle [Yank [Dick Walters]; Doodle [Rick Walters]]; Cropper (first appearance; villain; death)
[The Troop Train Terror]
Dr. Frost / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Dr. Frost; Sheriff Calkins (first appearance; villain)
Wake Island!
Ted O'Neil / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Ted O'Neil; Paddy O'Neil (first appearance; Ted's brother)
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card.
[Murder At the International Hotel]
Black Owl / comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- The Black Owl [Doug Danville]
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card suggests Ken Jackson, Bill Ward, and Maurice Del Bourgo being credited for the art under the Binder shop name.
[The Reformation of Frankenstein]
Frankenstein / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Frankenstein; Bulldog [Denny Dunsan]; Jules (first appearance; death)
- Synopsis
- Bulldog Denny's friend, a scientist named Jules, demonstrates a formula which will turn a subject from savage to peaceful. Bulldog and Jules give it to Frankenstein, who repents his evil ways. During a mission to save the lives of a train-full of people, Frankenstein takes a blow to the head, which undoes the transformation. He kills Jules, who had never recorded the secret formula of his invention.
[Ski Jump]
General and the Corporal / comic story / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card suggests Terry Gilkison for the art.
[The Midgets and the Giant]
Green Lama / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Green Lama [Jethro Dumont]; Tex Halloway (first appearance; villain); John Bolton (first appearance); Paul Brannigan (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
Art attributed to Mike Suchorsky by the Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card. Previous indexer suggested Jack Binder.
Insurance Swindle Racket
Power Nelson / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Frestapo (first appearance; villain); Power Nelson [Gene West]; Lana; Pee Wee (death)
- Synopsis
- "Boss" Frestapo runs a crooked gambling operation and insurance racket. Pee Wee learns the truth, and leaks it to Gene West, who plans to report on it in his radio broadcast. Pee Wee is murdered as he tries to warn Gene. Gene dons Power Nelson's uniform, and cleans up the band of thieves with Lana's help.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[A Killer Called Cropper]
Yank and Doodle -
2.
[The Troop Train Terror]
Dr. Frost -
3.
Wake Island!
Ted O'Neil -
4.
[Murder At the International Hotel]
Black Owl -
5.
[The Reformation of Frankenstein]
Frankenstein -
6.
[Ski Jump]
General and the Corporal -
7.
[The Midgets and the Giant]
Green Lama -
8.
Taking the Bull By the Horns
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9.
[The Senorita and the Japanese]
Spike Mason -
10.
Insurance Swindle Racket
Power Nelson
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